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With “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago This week, former acting ice chief Jonathan Fahey explained that Americans can expect “known goals” to be the focus of the sweep.
Since President Donald Trump took office in January, ICE has been stepping up efforts to mass deportation, including in recent weeks in big cities such as Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., where Trump expressed interest in the harm of crime in the wind, after a surge in capital majority quality in the country has resulted in a decrease in crime and hundreds of immigration arrests.
“I think it will be aimed at many people with criminal records, either released from prison, maybe convicted or sentenced to jail. ”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delayed Trump’s plan to send the National Guard and promote Chicago’s snow and ice implementation. (Getty Images/Scott Olson)
Homeland security experts added that since both Los Angeles and Chicago are considered sanctuary cities, there may be similarities. “The focus is on criminals, gang members and things of this nature,” Fahh said.
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He continued: “It doesn’t mean that when they arrest someone, if they are with many other illegal people, those people will be locked up too.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are firmly opposed to the city’s federal surge.
Residents surrounded the federal and Border Patrol agents, who planned to escape after a raid on immigrants who immigrated to Atlantic Avenue. June 19, 2025 in Bell, California. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Image)
Johnson posted on X. The city of Chicago has not received any notice of any enhanced immigration action by the Trump administration. We remain opposed to any potential militarized immigration enforcement without proper procedures, as ICE’s records record detention and deportation of U.S. citizens and violate the human rights of hundreds of detainees. ”
In a statement by the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin “The action will target the worst crimes of illegal foreigners in Chicago,” she said Tuesday.
Fahh said Monday’s interim Supreme Court ruling dismissed a California District Court judge in Los Angeles’ ICE patrol strategy and could send legal messages to the Illinois Democrats.
“I think this can help them legally. I don’t think this will change their work, but it may prevent some kind of ban or something of that. “He said because the Supreme Court stays on the interim restraining order only applies to Southern California.
Los Angeles judge severely restricts Trump’s immigration enforcement in California
Sheriff deputies stood in tear gas during the “No Kings” campaign protests, protesting every day in a series of federal immigration attacks held on June 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
McLaughlin called the book “a victory for the safety and rule of law for Californians”, and the American Civil Liberties Union deeply believes it is a deep concern.
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“This decision was a devastating setback for our plaintiffs and communities, and for months they have been stopped by immigration due to their skin color, career or the color of the language they speak,” Mohammad Tajsar, senior chief of staff at the ACLU Foundation Southern Californiasaid in a statement Monday.
