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Protests against the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement exploded Friday in the Chicago area, with federal officers in camouflage and riot gear using tear gas against the demonstrators. Footage by NBC 5 Chicago shows federal agents deploying tear gas as protesters blocked a vehicle trying to exit the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, a Chicago suburb. An NBC …

Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area ICE blitz  Chicago Tribune DHS ‘blitzes’ Chicagoland, netting ‘many arrests’ as Noem onsite for immigration crackdown  Fox News ICE Chicago news: Who are immigration agents arresting in West Chicago, Elgin, Illinois and more during operation ‘Midway Blitz?’  ABC7 Chicago 2 U.S. citizens among 5 arrested at early morning Elgin, Illinois …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A person targeted during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement traffic stop dragged an ICE officer with a vehicle while resisting arrest in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, prompting the officer to fatally shoot the person and leaving the officer with injuries, the Department of Homeland Security said. The slain target of the stop, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, was …

ICE asks for access to Chicago-area Navy base to assist operations  The Washington Post Gov. JB Pritzker had the perfect response to Trump’s National Guard threat  MSNBC News Deploy National Guard to Chicago? Trump Says He Has ‘The Right to Do Anything I Want to Do.’  The New York Times Would The National Guard Actually Curb Crime In Chicago?  Block Club Chicago Wilson urges …