Judge Considers Releasing Hundreds Of Illegal Immigrants Nabbed By ICE In Chicago Raids

A federal judge will soon decide whether to release hundreds of illegal immigrants nabbed in Chicago immigration raids.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings is expected to hold a hearing Wednesday that could result in an order forcing federal immigration agents to release the detainees with ankle monitors or other tracking devices, according to ABC7.

Immigration advocates at the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued that the feds violated a consent decree in Illinois when they arrested the targets.

Cummings ruled last month that agents violated a previous consent decree when making warrantless arrests in Chicago.

ICE had agreed that when they make a warrantless arrest, they must determine whether there is probable cause leading them to believe the person is in the United States illegally and if they are a flight risk.

The agency has the authority to make warrantless arrests, a standard practice of the agency nationwide that already has some restrictions.

One of the illegal immigrants who could be released is Colombian national Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, who caused a stir after she fled a traffic stop and ran into a daycare to hide from federal agents in Chicago.

Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts.

ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside.

Here is the real story:

Officers attempted to conduct a targeted traffic stop of this female… https://t.co/a5BdcbhnwC

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 5, 2025

Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley shared a video of the arrest, falsely accusing ICE of snatching “a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.”

The Department of Homeland Security quickly corrected the record.

“Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts,” the agency wrote on X.

“ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” they added.

Galeano crossed the border in 2023, while her children were smuggled in just last month.

During her arrest, she tried to lie about her identity and denied that she knew the male driver in her car, saying she “just picked him up from a bus stop,” DHS said.