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More than 600 people were arrested snow As part of its Operation “Midway Blitz” chicago To be released, a federal judge has ordered.
District Judge Jeff Cummings issued the release order Wednesday morning. Following a lawsuit brought against ICE by civil rights groups and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
The order states that at least 615 people are to be released by Friday, November 15 and bonds have to be posted by November 21.
The lawsuit brought by the National Immigration Justice Center and the ACLU alleges that federal agents violated the 2022 agreement Agreement on warrantless arrest in Chicago And the surrounding area.
Along with the hundreds of people marked for release, lawyers say they are pushing for the release of more, especially when those detained have no prior criminal history. Fox News reports that 85 percent of people detained by ICE have no prior criminal convictions.
As part of the agreement, ICE agreed that certain conditions should apply before arresting those arrested without a warrant, including pre-determining whether there is probable cause to believe a person was in the country illegally. It must also be established whether the person is a flight risk.
Immigration lawyers say these terms have been rejected in hundreds of cases during Operation “Midway Blitz” — a significant immigration enforcement effort launched by the Trump administration in the Windy City that targeted individuals described as “criminal illegal aliens” because of Illinois’ sanctuary policies.
According to DHS, Operation “Midway Blitz” is being conducted in honor of “Katie Abraham,” a 20-year-old woman who was killed along with her friend Chloe Polzin in a hit-and-run car crash in January.
The Urbana Police Department said the incident was allegedly caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national. Urbana police said Kukul-Bol was arrested in Texas on a bus headed to Matamoros, Mexico. He has since been charged with DUI, negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.
However, the massive increase in immigration enforcement in Chicago has been condemned by the community as well as city and state officials, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
Last week, viral footage surfaced outside a daycare facility in northwest Chicago federal agent Dragging a screaming employee out of the building during an early morning arrest.
During the arrest, which reportedly took place in front of the parents and children of the two men Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer Aggressively pulled the worker from inside the Reito de Sol Spanish Immersion Learning Center and pinned him against an unmarked car parked outside the door.