Judge Orders Release of Some Immigrants Detained in Trump's "Midway Blitz" Operation in Chicago
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
There are always plenty of bad news stories given the lawlessness of the Trump administration. But there are times when the media seems to focus on the bad and give short shrift to the good news stories, the positive legal developments, the points of light.
Here is one point of light regarding a federal judge in Chicago pushing back against the lawless aspects of the Trump Administration's abuses of immigrants AND US citizens during "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago.
As The Guardian reported: "Judge orders release of hundreds arrested during Chicago immigration raids."
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner. |
| 0:15.1 | A judge has ordered some of the immigrants detained in Chicago released. |
| 0:19.9 | Glenn has the story next on Justice Matters. |
| 0:26.4 | Hey, I'm John Fuglesang. |
| 0:28.1 | Do you ever watch these Christian nationalists and right-wing fundamentalists on TV and think, |
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