Overview
- Videos obtained by the Associated Press show unmarked vehicles, agents firing pepper balls, and a man detained along the Little Village commercial corridor.
- Immigrant advocates reported roughly 15 detentions on Tuesday on Chicago’s Southwest Side and in the suburbs of Berwyn and Cicero, including day laborers and a tamale vendor.
- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said he received no prior notice of Bovino’s return and requested his testimony before a state commission examining alleged federal misconduct.
- DHS Undersecretary Tricia McLaughlin said operations are continuing in Chicago, and local officials and activists documented rolling caravans of federal vehicles and staged protests.
- LA NACION reported that Bovino posted on X about an arrest during the Chicago operations, while broader Operation Midway Blitz has drawn criticism for aggressive tactics and thousands of arrests since September.