Had He Lived, This Would Be Dr. King's Ongoing Fight -- As Well. Judge Cummings Excoriates ICE -- In Chicago Federal Court, Overnight.

I won't summarize this in any detail, but the ICE-lawyers were just admonished by USDC Judge Cummings, in Chicago -- for "repeated defiance" of the court's orders, while Bovino was in charge.

Do read all six pages, as this is the latest in a federal class action pending here since 2018 -- and the time of Trump 1.0:

. . .[D]efendants (until their recent defiance of the Court’s Order and the filing of this motion for clarification) have acted consistently with their understanding that the Broadcast applied nationwide. In particular, “on June 11, 2025, ICE’s Principal Legal Advisor ‘unequivocal[ly]’ dictated to all ICE officers nationwide that the Broadcast ‘remains terminated’ and has been ‘rescind[ed].’” Escobar Molina v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 811 F.Supp.3d 1, 48 (D.D.C. 2025), quoting Castanon Nava v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 806 F.Supp.3d 823, 860 (N.D.Ill. 2025) (emphasis added). After this Court ordered that the Broadcast be reissued to ICE officers nationwide with the instruction that it should remain in effect until February 2, 2026, Nava, 806 F.Supp.3d at 863, defendants complied with this order and filed a certification of compliance with no request for clarification. (Dckt. #224).

[C]ounsel for defendants in other litigation outside of the Chicago Area of Responsibility have represented to other federal district courts that the Broadcast was the policy governing warrantless arrest for ICE officers in their jurisdictions. See, e.g., Ramirez Ovando v. Noem, No. 1:25-CV-03183-RBJ, 2025 WL 32923467, at *2–4 (D.Colo. Nov. 25, 2025). . . .

Now you know -- and, this would all be Dr. King's daily work, had he lived on to a ripe old age. You and I both know it.

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