Judge finds ICE illegally arrested hundreds of people in Chicago
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A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during "Operation Midway Blitz" in the Chicago area must be released. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Breakdown
- A federal judge ruled that hundreds detained by ICE in Chicago must be released.
- Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered over 600 people detained between June and October to be released on bond and placed in alternatives to detention programs. 8s
- 13 people identified as unlawfully detained will be released without bond. 19s
- The judge found that many arrests were indiscriminate, lacked probable cause, and sometimes involved racial profiling, violating a 2022 consent decree. 1m 12s
- The ruling is a significant legal setback for the administration's efforts to increase arrests and deportations in the Chicago region. 2m 11s