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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.”
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