A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Thursday issued an administrative stay that blocks a lower-court order requiring the release of hundreds of immigrants detained during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in the Chicago area.
The stay pauses U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings’ Nov. 12 preliminary injunction.
Cummings ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted more than 600 warrantless arrests between June and October 2025 in violation of a 2022 consent decree known as Castañon Nava.
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