US Edition1 Arrested Amid Clash with Federal Agents in Little Village
Federal immigration agents detained multiple people and used tear gas during an enforcement campaign, sparking community protests and concerns over aggressive tactics, officials said.
- On Thursday, federal immigration agents targeted Little Village, Chicago, detaining at least five people including a Benito Juarez Community Academy student and deploying tear gas and pepper spray.
- President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign has driven a stepped-up federal presence in Chicago, with Operation Midway Blitz intensifying raids in Little Village and nearby Cicero.
- Arriving in a caravan of SUVs, agents wearing military-style camouflage and gas masks detained people and loaded them into vans while an unmarked Dodge SUV was vandalized and had a tire slashed.
- One person was arrested for allegedly battering a Chicago Police Department officer, with charges pending, while Juarez Community Academy teacher Liz Winfield said, `I am so angry and frustrated that students have to add this worry to their school day.`
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered Bovino to sit for a five-hour deposition, expanded questioning of other agents and scheduled a Nov. 5 hearing that could restrict federal force.
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Feds deploy teargas in wealthy Chicago neighborhood
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CHICAGO — The Department of Homeland Security defended using tear gas in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood Thursday, saying Friday that its agents were surrounded by protesters who hit Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino in the head with a rock. Agents…
Federal immigration agents tear gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s tony North Side
For most of fall, Trump’s immigration agents have set out every day to scour Chicago neighborhoods where immigrants live. On Friday, Operation Midway Blitz fanned out across the wealthier white communities on the North Side where they work. Throughout the day, caravans of federal agents hit neighborhoods that had so far avoided serious confrontations. In Lakeview, agents threw tear gas into the street even as their use of chemical agents has dra…
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