CHICAGO 鈥 A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of dozens of people detained by federal immigration enforcement agents without warrants or probable cause amid 鈥極peration Midway Blitz鈥 last fall.
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A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer has claimed that ICE supervisors are teaching 鈥渘ew cadets to violate the Constitution.鈥 鈥婻yan Schwank joined ICE in 2021 and resigned in February 2026 after being assigned to teach at the agency鈥檚 academy in Georgia. 鈥淥n my first day, I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant,鈥 Schwank said. He added that the agency eliminated 240 hours of 鈥渧ital classes鈥 from the mandatory 580-hour training program, including instruction on the legal boundaries for the use of force. He also noted that the agency removed instructions on safe firearm handling and the proper procedures for detaining and arresting immigrants. 鈥婼chwank described the academy鈥檚 training program as 鈥渄eficient, defective, and broken,鈥 while the Trump administration accelerates efforts to expand the agency. He said that he resigned so he could testify before Congress at a recent forum organized by Democratic lawmakers to address DHS misconduct. Senate Democrats have released dozens of pages of internal ICE records indicating that the Trump administration has reduced the agency鈥檚 basic training. 鈥婼chwank鈥檚 account highlights growing concerns about the conduct of federal agents, who have shot and killed at least three US citizens in the past year.
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