A federal judge in Chicago ordered roughly 600 people to be released from immigration detention on Wednesday. The individuals, the judge found, had been arrested in violation of a 2022 consent decree designed to ensure immigration agents have probable cause before making warrantless arrests. The decision is yet another legal blow to "Operation Midway Blitz," the ongoing immigration operation in Chicago meant to help fulfill President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.

During Wednesday's hearing, United States District Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings stressed that those identified will not be released if they pose a risk to public safety, according to the Chicago Sun-Times ' Jon Seidel, and noted that not all of them will still be in custody. "There might be quite a few of them who are alre

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