Judge orders release of detained migrants in Chicago raids
By Shalom Ikuvbogie
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the release on bond of hundreds of undocumented migrants arrested in Chicago during President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown.
District Judge Jeffrey Cummings ruled on Wednesday that detainees who pose no security threat should be freed while awaiting their immigration hearings. The order covers migrants arrested without warrants or probable cause during raids known as Operation Midway Blitz.
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According to the Chicago Tribune, those released will post a $1,500 bond and remain under supervision, which may include electronic ankle monitoring.
The ruling followed a lawsuit filed by the National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued that the mass arrests violated constitutional rights.
The Department of Homeland Security criticized the court’s decision, describing it as reckless. “An activist judge is putting the lives of Americans directly at risk by ordering 615 illegal aliens to be released into the community,” the agency posted on X.
The judgment is the latest legal setback for Trump’s aggressive immigration campaign in Chicago, where he has repeatedly clashed with city officials over deportation raids. Efforts by the White House to deploy National Guard troops to the city have also been blocked by federal courts, even as such deployments continue in Los Angeles, Washington, and Memphis.
Trump’s renewed push to tighten border and interior enforcement has reignited a deep political divide over immigration and presidential authority—one that continues to test the limits of federal power in Democratic-led cities.
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