The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will continue to block the release of hundreds of undocumented immigrants that a lower court had ordered after they were allegedly arrested without a warrant.

The split ruling also allowed a Biden-era consent decree governing warrantless arrests to continue during the Trump administration.

It marked the first time an appellate court rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation that the law mandates detention of all undocumented immigrants already in the country, not just those apprehended while seeking entry.

The split ruling marked a mixed bag for the civil rights advocates who argued the case and the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement tactics

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