Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

Federal agents storm Chicago apartment building, detain kids

Federal agents stormed a South Shore apartment building earlier this week, arresting 37 people in one of the largest federal immigration raids in Chicago since the Trump administration launched what it’s calling “Operation Midway Blitz” last month. The Department of Homeland Security said the operation targeted suspected members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as well as people accused of drug and weapons crimes and immigration violations.…

Feds Rappel From Black Hawk In Chicago ICE Raid

Source: Scott Olson / Getty Early Tuesday morning, some 300 officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies descended on a residential building in Chicago’s Southside neighborhood, launching a sweeping immigration enforcement operation that supposedly targeted dangerous gang members. And when I say “descended,” I mean that quite literally. Many of these agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter onto the rooftops …

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

Dan Jones was jolted awake around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the sound of federal agents trying to break through his apartment door. They couldn’t get past his double lock, so he went back to bed.But when he woke up hours later for work, he walked out and found broken doors littering the hallway — and his neighbors missing.Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morn…

The Invasion of Chicago

Early on the morning of October 1st, federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided an entire apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, knocking down doors and dragging men, women and children from their apartments: My building is shaking. So, I'm like, 'What is that?' Then I look out the window, it's a Blackhawk helicopter," said witness Dr. Alii Muhammad.Now, Trump has raise…

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: ‘I feel defeated’

Dan Jones was jolted awake around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the sound of federal agents trying to break through his apartment door. They couldn’t get past his double lock, so he went back to bed. But when he woke up hours later for work, he walked out and found broken doors littering the hallway — and his neighbors missing. Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early mo…