{"id":374455,"date":"2025-11-12T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374455\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:54:10","slug":"judge-orders-release-of-hundreds-arrested-during-chicago-immigration-raids-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374455\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders release of hundreds arrested during Chicago immigration raids | Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal judge has ordered the release of hundreds of people who were arrested over the last few months in the Chicago area amid the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s aggressive immigration raids across the city.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, US district judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the justice department to produce a list showing which of the 615 possible class members are still in custody by 19 November, the Chicago Tribune reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Cummings, he would allow the members\u2019 release on a $1,500 bond as long as they have no criminal history or prior removal order. The ACLU of Illinois<\/a> said that the order will mean the immediate release of 13 people who have been detained by federal officials.<\/p>\n

As part of Wednesday\u2019s order, Cummings also prohibited the government from pressuring detainees to agree to voluntary deportation while their cases are pending, the Chicago<\/a> Tribune added.<\/p>\n

The order comes after Donald Trump\u2019s Operation Midway Blitz launched a series of aggressive immigration raids across Chicago during which federal agents have been accused of using excessive force against protesters including deploying tear gas<\/a> and pepper spray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Guardian, ACLU\u2019s Illinois chapter hailed Cummings\u2019 decision, with its deputy legal director Michelle Garcia noting the 13 immediate releases.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, more than 600 additional individuals may be released in a week on bond or ankle monitoring, while the parties determine if their arrests violated the consent decree,\u201d Garcia added, referencing a 2022 consent decree<\/a> that had been previously established concerning warrantless arrests in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n

The ACLU and the National Immigrant Justice Center had filed a lawsuit<\/a> over allegations that federal agents violated the 2022 agreement by issuing warrantless arrests amid the latest immigration crackdowns across the city.<\/p>\n

Garcia went on to say: \u201cMost importantly, the court committed to enforcing our agreement with the federal government \u2013 a step that creates a pathway for even more of the hundreds of people illegally arrested and detained during Operation Midway Blitz to be released. The court is holding ICE and CBP accountable for breaking the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, justice department lawyer William Weiland described Cummings\u2019 decision as \u201chighly significant\u201d and requested that he halt any release order so he could consult with his superiors, the Chicago Tribune reported. Weiland further noted that at least 12 of the 615 individuals posed a substantial security concern and that the government needed more time to complete their vetting, the outlet added.<\/p>\n

Cummings has directed both the plaintiffs and defendants to file a status report by 21 November.<\/p>\n

Just last month, a coalition of immigration advocates \u2013 led by the Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the MacArthur Justice Center \u2013 filed a lawsuit against federal authorities, alleging \u201ctorturous<\/a>\u201d conditions at an ICE facility in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A federal judge has ordered the release of hundreds of people who were arrested over the last few…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":374456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-374455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115538956429951094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}