A landmark federal court ruling has sent shockwaves through the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda, creating unprecedented legal and operational turbulence in the wake of what officials had described as a sweeping crackdown. The decision came from Judge Jeffrey Cummings, a Biden-appointed jurist, who sided with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) in a case that has rapidly become a focal point of national attention. In his ruling, Judge Cummings ordered the immediate release of 615 migrants who had been detained in Illinois as part of “Operation Midway Blitz,” a series of large-scale...
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