CHICAGO (WLS) -- Each side was given just 20 minutes to make their case for and against the release of hundreds of detainees currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

The three-judge panel did not rule on Tuesday, but they asked some tough questions, including whether the government gave up its right to appeal by entering into a consent decree regarding these types of arrests to begin with.

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The three appellate court judges, two nominated by former President Joe Biden and one by President Donald Trump, listened but also seemed to provide an inkling of where they stand when it comes to the potential release of hundreds of immigrants from ICE custody.

"We have a consent decree. We have the parties entering into it, a

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