Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Chicago Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees will be freed soon after a judge ordered them released on bond.
On Wednesday, District Judge Jeff Cummings ordered bond for at least 615 people in a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups. The people held were arrested in Operation Midway Blitz, President Donald Trump's law enforcement operation in Chicago.
Those who will be released must be granted bond by noon Nov. 21, the ruling said. People eligible are those who have no mandatory detention orders and do not pose significant risk.
NBC 5 Chicago investigated the claim that the government has arrested the "worst of the worst," showing that 85% of those arrested have no criminal convictions.
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