An American federal judge on Wednesday, November 12, ordered the release on bail of hundreds of people arrested by immigration police (ICE) since September in the state of Illinois, especially in the Chicago area, thus ruling in favor of the lawyers of around 600 people who challenged the legality of their arrests.
He concluded that the arrests were made without reasonable cause or warrant, several media outlets reported, including Chicago Tribune. As a result, he announced that he would order the release on bail of 1,500 dollars (around 1,290 euros) and control measures, such as electronic bracelets, of any detainees who do not pose a security risk.
The Department of Homeland Security condemned X’s decision: “Now an activist judge is directly endangering American lives by ordering 615 illegal aliens released from custody. »
A new setback for the Trump administration
This decision came despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security, on which ICE depends, on the same day took pride in having carried out this operation. “led to a historic drop in crime in Chicago in JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson”referring to the governor of Illinois and the city’s mayor, both Democrats. It was a new legal setback for the Trump administration in Illinois, where courts and then a federal appeals court had suspended, in October, the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago and the region.
In September, the American government launched a federal immigration police operation, called the “Midway blitz”, aimed at this goal “illegal immigrants terrorizing Americans” in Illinois and its main city is Chicago.
Donald Trump has made fighting illegal immigration a top priority, citing a “invasion” United States by “criminals from abroad” and communicate widely regarding the expulsion of immigrants. Since June, he has ordered the deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis, consistently against the advice of local Democratic authorities.
