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Dec 15, 2025

Biden Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Hundreds of Illegal Aliens

A federal judge has ordered the release of more than 600 individuals detained in Illinois as part of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation, CNN affiliate WLS reported, marking a setback for federal efforts to expand detention and deportation of illegal aliens.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, a Biden appointee, ruled Wednesday in favor of attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, who argued that more than 3,000 people had been arrested between June and October during “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Under the order, 615 detainees must be granted bond by noon on November 21. The ruling applies to individuals not subject to mandatory detention and who are not considered significant security threats, the report said.

“They’re all being awarded bond for 615, but how is that process going to happen?” said Mark Fleming, an attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center, during a news conference on Wednesday.

He told CNN that those who were ordered released “are probably all over the country” and would need to be located.

   

According to a Wednesday news release from the National Immigrant Justice Center, those detained were taken into custody by ICE agents in the Chicago area between June 11 and October 7.

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