Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security (ICE Warrantless Arrests)
Case Overview
Victoriana Castanon Nava and others in the Chicago area sued ICE in 2018 after agents were making warrantless arrests without the reasonable suspicion of a crime that federal immigration law requires: not suspicion of being undocumented, but of an actual crime. The case produced a consent decree limiting warrantless ICE arrests in the Northern District of Illinois, and when the Trump administration moved to terminate the decree on taking office, new litigation began over how long those restrictions should remain in force. The Seventh Circuit affirmed most of the lower court's extension of the decree in early 2026, keeping the warrantless arrest limits in place while the broader challenge continues.
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The Conclusion
**The Seventh Circuit affirmed the extension of a consent decree limiting warrantless ICE arrests in the Northern District of Illinois.** Federal immigration agents cannot make arrests without reasonable suspicion of a specific crime, not merely suspicion of undocumented status. The court kept these restrictions in place despite the Trump administration's effort to terminate them.
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