A federal judge in Illinois on Wednesday offered trenchant criticism of the Trump administration 's immigration detention policy — specifically attempts by the U.S. Department of Justice to defend the policy.

The ruling comes in a case about the Trump administration's long-litigated efforts to reconfigure how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) classifies certain immigrants under its purview.

A win for the petitioner came relatively quickly in a memorandum opinion and order issued by U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang, a Barack Obama appointee, despite the government shutdown.

On Oct. 24, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was submitted, under seal, by attorneys for Jaime Guartazaca Sumba, an immigrant who has lived in the country for nearly a decade. Over the summer, the pet

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