Overview
- Judge Jeffrey Cummings directed DOJ and DHS to review roughly 615 detained people for release on alternatives to detention, with deportations paused for those potentially eligible.
- The order follows earlier findings that ICE violated the Castañon‑Nava consent decree limiting warrantless immigration arrests in a six‑state Midwest region.
- Eligible individuals are those not subject to mandatory detention, and releases may include ankle monitors or virtual check‑ins as cases proceed.
- Government tallies remain uncertain as ICE and Border Patrol provided overlapping lists totaling several thousand arrests, with many people already deported or departed voluntarily.
- DHS criticized the ruling and sought a delay as a separate judge declared the daycare arrest of Diana Santillana Galeano unlawful; she was released from custody.