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“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.
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.
Fleming, who led the lawsuit alleging that federal agents violated a 2022 settlement agreement prohibiting warrantless arrests in the region, said the organization believes at least 1,100 of the 3,000 individuals arrested have since voluntarily left the country, stating they “gave up” on fighting their cases.