Ice launches the Midway Blitz operation in Chicago targeting criminals

While “the Midway Blitz operation” will be launched in the Chicago region this week, the former acting ice chief Jonathan Fahey explains that the Americans can expect the “known targets” to be the accent on the scan.

The ice has increased its mass deportation efforts since President Donald Trump took office in January, especially in major cities such as Los Angeles and Washington, DC in recent weeks, Trump has expressed interest in repressing crime in the windy city, after a multi-aging increase in the national capital.

“”I think it will be very targeted to many people with legal lockers who have been deposited in prison and may have been sentenced or were filed in prison while waiting for the trial, “said Fahey.

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The internal security expert added that because Los Angeles and Chicago are considered to be sanctuary cities, there could be similarities. Fahey said it is likely that “the objective will be criminals, gang members and things of this nature”.

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“This does not mean when they stop someone, if they are with a lot of other people who are here illegally, these people will also block themselves,” he continued.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker were categorically opposed to a federal city wave.

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“The city of Chicago has not received any advice from any action in immigration improved by the Trump administration,” said Johnson to X. “We remain opposed to any potential militarized immigration application without regular procedure due to ICE’s experience to hold and deport American citizens and to violate the human rights of hundreds of prisoners.”

In a statement by DHS assistant secretary, Tricia McLaughlin, she said that “the operation would aim for the worst of the worst criminals of Chicago”.

Fahey said that the temporary decision of the Supreme Court on Monday killed a judge of the California district court on the ICE patrol strategy in Los Angeles could send a legal message to the Democrats of Illinois.

“”I think it could help them legally. I don’t think it will change what they are doing, but maybe that could prevent a kind of injunction or another type of thing, ”he said, because the suspension of the Supreme Court on a temporary prohibition order only applies to Southern California.

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McLaughlin described the stay “victory for the security of the Californians and the rule of law”, while the American union of civil liberties considered it deeply.

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“This decision is a devastating setback for our complainants and our communities which, for months, have been subjected to immigration judgments due to the color of their skin, their occupation or the language they speak,” said Mohammad Tajsar, senior lawyer for the ACLU Foundation in southern California.