Overview
- U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said many Operation Midway Blitz arrests likely violated the 2022 Castañon Nava consent decree limiting warrantless immigration arrests in the Chicago area.
- Thirteen people were ordered released immediately, and those among the 615 not subject to mandatory detention must be granted bond or placed in ICE’s Alternatives to Detention by November 21.
- ICE must provide detainee lists and risk assessments under tight deadlines, including a Nov. 19 production of arrest and status details and a subsequent compliance report ordered by the court.
- DHS condemned the ruling as dangerous and is seeking a stay and potential appeal; government lawyers said of roughly 400 assessments so far, about a dozen detainees were flagged as significant public-safety risks.
- Implementation remains uncertain because many detainees were transferred out of state or already removed, and protests outside the Broadview facility continued Friday with 21 arrests reported.