ICE memo expanding warrantless-arrest authority struck down

Date

Feb 13, 2026

Kind

Consent decree

Status

Judicially found non-compliant

Source

blockclubchicago.org ↗

Court or forum

Castanon Nava v. DHS, N.D. Ill., Judge Cummings

What happened

Cummings ruled against ICE over an internal memo expanding agents' authority to make warrantless arrests, finding it incompatible with the consent decree.

Publisher

Block Club Chicago