US Edition37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments
Federal authorities arrested 37 people, including some U.S. citizens, in a raid targeting Venezuelan gang members amid broader immigration enforcement efforts, officials said.
- Federal agents arrested 37 people during a raid at an apartment building in Chicago, claiming it targeted members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and other criminals as part of 'Operation Midway Blitz.'
- Witnesses reported that children were detained and separated from their parents, with some being held in zip ties, as described by local resident Rodrick Johnson.
- Community advocates criticized the raid as violent and illegal, citing a violation of the Fourth Amendment due to no search warrants being shown.
- Images of the raid have not been released, and there has been no evidence connecting residents to criminal gang activity, raising concerns over transparency from officials.
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U.S. Border Patrol raids apartment building as Chicago crackdown intensifies | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
CHICAGO >> U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappeling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
Facism, Now: Regime’s Blackhawk Helicopter Descends on Chicago Apartment Complex - WhoWhatWhy
This is what we must guard against. Not long after midnight this Tuesday, more than 300 federal agents conducted what appears to have been an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment complex. The agents were said to have been from the US Border Patrol, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Armed agents rappelled from a Blackhawk helicopter as it hovered above the roof of the apartment building during the raid. Thirty-seven pe…
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayChicago raid draws backlash as US Border Patrol sweeps up families, citizens and children in gang crackdown
US citizens and families caught up in raid targeting alleged gang membersTrump administration intensifies immigration enforcement in Democratic citiesCriticism over Border Patrol’s aggressive tactics in ChicagoCHICAGO, Oct 4 — US Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members…
The Straits Times
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
CHICAGO - U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Pritzker calls on state agencies to investigate feds’ treatment of children at South Shore raid
Gov. JB Pritzker is directing the state’s Department of Child and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to evaluate how children were treated during an aggressive immigration raid on a South Shore apartment building this week, he said in a Friday statement.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested at least 37 people…
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