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UPDATED Feb. 5, 2026:  On Thursday, four more immigrants picked up in an ICE operation in West Virginia last month were ordered released from jail by federal judges who ruled their detentions were unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston ordered one immigrant released, as…