Federal judge rules ICE violated consent decree in warrantless arrests

A federal choose dominated Tuesday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers violated a federal consent decree once they arrested practically two dozen unlawful immigrants earlier this yr at first of President Donald Trump’s second time period.

U.S. District Decide Jeffrey Cummings in Chicago federal court docket prolonged the consent decree limiting immigration brokers’ authority to make arrests with out arrest till February 2026.

Cummings additionally ordered ICE to make public the variety of officers making no arrests every month.

The ACLU of Illinois and different immigration advocates in Chicago sued the Division of Homeland Safety and ICE in March, alleging that the January arrests of a minimum of 22 individuals violated a 2022 consent decree that bars ICE from arresting individuals with out a warrant or possible trigger.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers knock on the door of a house throughout a focused multi-agency enforcement operation in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)

“In the present day’s choice makes clear that DHS and ICE – like everybody else – should observe the Structure and the legislation,” Michelle García, deputy authorized director on the ACLU of Illinois and co-counsel within the case, mentioned in an announcement. “The federal authorities’s reckless observe of stopping, harassing and detaining individuals – after which discovering justification for the motion – should finish.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers make an arrest as a part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration coverage in Chicago, Illinois, on January 26, 2025. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout through REUTERS)

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Trump this week deployed Texas Nationwide Guard troops to Illinois for an preliminary 60-day interval to assist in his administration’s crackdown on crime and deportations.

Chicago mayor creates ‘ice-free zones’ to dam federal brokers from metropolis property

Chicago has tried to thwart ICE’s deportation efforts, with Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker submitting a lawsuit Monday tried that to cease the Trump administration from sending Nationwide Guard troops to Illinois.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have pushed again on Trump’s plan to ship in Nationwide Guard troops and beef up ICE enforcement in Chicago. (Getty Pictures; Scott Olson)

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Johnson and Pritzker have clashed with Trump over immigration enforcement and the president’s choice to ship Nationwide Guard troops to the state to guard federal personnel and property amid escalating anti-ICE protests in Broadview, Illinois.

Deirdre Heavey and Alexandra Koch of Fox Information Digital contributed to this report with The Related Press.