On March 5, 2026, a 2-1 panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s preliminary injunction that limited federal immigration agents’ use of force during Trump’s 2025 Operation Midway Blitz enforcement surge in Chicago, deeming it “overbroad” and “constitutionally suspect.”
Additionally, the ruling dismissed the government’s appeal as moot after the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the underlying suit in January, following the operation’s wind-down, but ordered vacatur to nullify the injunction entirely and to prevent refiling risks. AG Pam Bondi hailed it as a “huge legal win” advancing Trump’s agenda.
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