CHICAGO (WLS) -- A federal judge is weighing whether to release hundreds of people arrested by federal agents as part of an immigration "blitz" that has shaken the Chicago area.

Attorneys for the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued hundreds of undocumented migrants arrested by federal immigration agents were arrested in violation of a consent decree in place in Illinois and five neighboring states.

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That consent decree limits the circumstances in which agents can make warrantless arrests while enforcing civil immigration laws.

At a court hearing this Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings is expected to share more insight into whether he will provide "equitable relief" in the form of ordering federal immigration

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