Split 7th Circuit Upholds Consent Decree Extension In 2018 Noncitizen Detainee Case

( May 8, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A split Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld a trial court’s decision to extend a 2021 consent decree in a class action by noncitizens challenging warrantless arrests by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and partially upheld an order to release class members arrested without warrants, reversing only the portion of the order that required the release of “potential class members” and any other individual arrested pursuant to I-200 warrants, warrants that were issued in the field....