CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — A federal judge has ordered the release of 15 people detained during a large-scale immigration operation at an Idaho horse track last month, with eight individuals walking free from the Elmore County Jail on Wednesday night to waiting families.

The releases come more than a month after Immigration and Customs Enforcement took more than 100 people into custody during an Oct. 19 operation at La Catedral Horse Track in Wilder. Families gathered outside the jail as their loved ones were freed after weeks of separation.

Watch to learn more about the court order and what it took to reunite families: Federal judge orders release of 15 Idaho immigration detainees

The court order, filed in response to a habeas corpus petition issued on behalf of a non-citizen being

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