US federal agents detain a man during an immigration raid in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago on October 27. Jim Vondruska/Reuters

A federal judge ordered the release of hundreds of people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS , dealing a blow to federal efforts to detain and deport as many undocumented people as possible.

US District Judge Jeffrey Cummings on Wednesday morning sided with attorneys from the National Immigration Justice Center and the ACLU. The plaintiffs alleged more than 3,000 people were arrested between June and October in “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Those who will be released must be granted bond by noon on November 21. The exact number released will depend on how many have not already

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