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Operation Midway Blitz led to 550 arrests statewide, with dozens of federal agents patrolling Chicago streets amid protests and detentions over immigration enforcement.
- On Sept. 28, 2025, dozens of federal immigration agents patrolled downtown Chicago around 2 p.m., wearing masks and military fatigues with U.S. Customs and Border Protection boats on the Chicago River.
- Operation Midway Blitz, launched Sept. 8, has flooded Illinois with immigration officers, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement reporting more than 500 arrests in the mission's first two weeks.
- Federal agents deployed tear gas, pepper spray and other chemical irritants during clashes and detained multiple people amid protests at the Broadview ICE detention facility.
- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blasted the patrols as intimidation that hurts communities and businesses, while U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino estimated 80% local support and warned of suburban expansion.
- After a deadly shooting at a Dallas ICE facility two days earlier, officials and activists voiced heightened security concerns as local groups like Indivisible Chicago Alliance staged day-of-action events this past week.
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The image of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous locations in downtown Chicago has increased concerns about Trump’s growing federal intervention in U.S. cities. As Memphis, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon prepare for a sudden surge in federal police forces, residents of the country’s third largest city responded to a brazen weekend escalation of immigration control tactics with anger, fear, and new compl…
Border Patrol Flexes with Show of Force in Chicago, Facing Protests & Democrat Rhetoric Fomenting Violence Against ICE
Dozens of Border Patrol agents walked a patrol in downtown Chicago in defiance of efforts to block immigration enforcement by Democrats Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker. The post Border Patrol Flexes with Show of Force in Chicago, Facing Protests & Democrat Rhetoric Fomenting Violence Against ICE appeared first on Breitbart.
Border Patrol agents and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrolled downtown Chicago in an immigration crackdown, which resulted in arrests.Read more]]>
Border Patrol, ICE Arrest Rioters, Seize Guns Amid Chicago Immigration Crackdown.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Border Patrol agents and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are conducting an immigration crackdown operation in downtown Chicago, and taking on violent and in some cases armed far-left rioters.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Border Patrol agents, ICE officers, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), illegal immigrants, and far-left agitators.WHEN & WHERE: The operation, named “Midw…
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