CHICAGO — A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022 agreement by making “warrantless arrests” both before and during “Operation Midway Blitz.”

In his 52-page ruling, which has implications for immigration enforcement operations across the country, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said ICE had improperly told its field offices over the summer that the consent decree had been canceled.

He also called into question the recent immigration raid on an apartment building in South Shore, where agents in military gear burst through doors and zip-tied residents regardless of citizenship.

And the judge a

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