The Chicago kidnappings have begun
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A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” saying top government officials lied in their testimony about threats that protesters posed and that their unlawful behavior on the streets “shows no signs of stopping.”
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from the bench, describing a litany of incidents over the past month and a half where citizens were tear-gassed “indiscriminately,” beaten and tackled by agents and struck in the face with pepper spray balls.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/operation-midway-blitz-injunction/
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Good grief.
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"U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now." -
Maybe 10 minutes away from my house.
Federal immigration agents pointed rifles at bystanders and tried to break down doors as they took over an apartment complex in unincorporated Northbrook on Wednesday.
The immigration enforcement action, which took place over the course of around 50 minutes Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, led to the arrest of a man living in the Salem Walk apartments and involved more than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and an armored car, according to eyewitness accounts and photos and videos shared with the Tribune.
“ICE basically held… 90 apartments hostage while they’re trying to get to one man,” said Bobbie Montgomery, a Salem Walk resident.
On Wednesday, Montgomery watched as the agents unsuccessfully tried to break down the stairwell door with a battering ram.
Smith, who followed along on the video call, said he marveled at their ineptitude. “The door opens outwards,” he explained.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/ice-agents-northbrook-point-rifles-bystanders/
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“The door opens outwards”
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Some street vendors say they are barely making enough to survive, due to the widespread immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.
Community members are stepping in and finding creative ways to help them.
"We try to get out at 6-7 a.m., get into the neighborhoods, buy all the products they have so that they can leave and go home and be safe with their family for the rest of the day," said Rick Rosales, a community organizer with CyclingxSolidarity.
They are being called "buyouts."
Groups of cyclists are riding through neighborhoods across Chicago, and purchasing everything street vendors have, from tamales to elotes.
The movement is meant to support street vendors, as many fear being detained, during "Operation Midway Blitz."
Good riddance. ICE has moved to Charlotte.
