US EditionVideo Shows Apparent Immigration Arrests, Tear Gas Deployed as CBP Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago
Border Patrol chief Bovino returned with about 200 agents to resume enforcement targeting 'worst of the worst' undocumented immigrants amid community protests and rapid response efforts.
- CHICAGO, Dec 16- U.S. Border Patrol roving commander Gregory Bovino returned to Chicago, leading raids in suburban Cicero and Little Village after roughly a month away.
- Launched in September, Operation At Large and Midway Blitz aim to find and deport the worst undocumented immigrants, DHS said, under Gregory Bovino and President Donald Trump's city-focused push this year.
- Bovino returned with about 200 Border Patrol agents, rapid-response groups reported at least 100, and video shows detaining at least one person at Walmart, 2800 S. Cicero Ave., with 15 detained in Chicago and suburbs.
- Governor JB Pritzker said his office had no notice of agents' arrival, urged residents to continue prior actions, and called for Bovino to testify before the state commission created in October.
- Reports note forceful tactics including tear gas and shootings, prompting legal challenges and federal courts, with Operation Midway Blitz yielding more than 4,000 arrests in Chicago.
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Los Angeles Times
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area on Tuesday, about a month after leaving to lead immigration raids in other cities, immigrant advocates said.
The Straits Times
Japan TodayBorder Patrol commander, agents reappear in force in Chicago immigrant communities
CHICAGO, Dec 16 - U.S. Border Patrol agents returned to Chicago in force on Tuesday after a month-long slowdown, renewing a conflict with opponents of the agency's methods, according to a Reuters witness, local officials and community advocates. Read more at straitstimes.com.
As Chicago immigration raids resume, federal agents describe their ‘Mission from God'
A month after the immigration teams packed up and pulled out of Chicago for other cities, they have come back this week and resumed making arrests of allegedly undocumented immigrants. Commander Gregory Bovino and his foot soldiers sound as though they are on a mission from God. On a road trip to Chicago just 24 hours ago, uniformed Border Patrol leaders were seen reading the Bible for inspiration and finding words of wisdom for the arrests they…
Chicago Sun Times
Usa newsBovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area
Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who has led the Trump administration's deportation efforts, returned to the Chicago area Tuesday with federal agents in tow, targeting immigrants on the Southwest Side and in the west suburbs a month after their first efforts came to a chaotic end.At least 15 people were detained by federal immigration agents, including day laborers and a tamale vendor, according to community activists who spoke at…
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