A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release roughly 615 illegal immigrants nabbed in Chicago immigration raids.
During a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, a Biden appointee, ruled that hundreds of detainees must be granted bond by Nov. 21,  <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/hundreds-detained-part-federal-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-ordered-released-bond-judge-says/18148124/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC7. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must provide Cummings with a list of detainees by Friday.
DHS hit back at the ruling Wednesday afternoon, calling Cummings an &#8220;activist judge.&#8221;
&#8220;At every turn activist judges, sanctuary politicians, and violent rioters have actively tried to prevent our law enforcement officers from arresting and removing the worst of the worst,&#8221; Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Now an ACTIVIST JUDGE is putting the lives of Americans directly at risk by ordering 615 illegal aliens be released into the community,&#8221; she added.
The ruling comes after immigration advocates at the National Immigrant Justice Center argued that federal immigration agents violated a consent decree in Illinois when they arrested the detainees.
Last month, Cummings ruled that the feds&#8217; warrantless arrests in Chicago violated a previous consent decree that required officers to evaluate whether there is probable cause and if the target is a flight risk before making arrests.
Warrantless arrests are routine for federal immigration authorities, who often conduct surveillance and utilize informants to verify targets.
One of the illegal immigrants who could be released is Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, who allegedly fled a traffic stop in Chicago before running into a daycare to hide from federal agents. Galeano was granted a bond hearing, which will be held on Tuesday, according to the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/federal-judge-illegal-ice-arrest-day-care-teacher/">Chicago Tribune</a>.
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Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley twisted the story of Galeano&#8217;s arrest, falsely accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of snatching “a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.”
But DHS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-attempts-to-hide-from-ice-in-chicago-daycare">debunked</a> Quigley&#8217;s claims.
“Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts,” the agency wrote on X.
“ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” they added.
Galeano crossed the border in 2023 and had her children smuggled into the country last month, DHS said.
During her latest arrest, the Colombian woman tried to lie to about her identity and denied that she knew the male driver in her car, saying she “just picked him up from a bus stop,” DHS said.
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A federal judge will soon decide whether to release hundreds of illegal immigrants nabbed in Chicago immigration raids.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings is expected to hold a hearing Wednesday that could result in an order forcing federal immigration agents to release the detainees with ankle monitors or other tracking devices, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-judge-considers-releasing-hundreds-arrested-immigration-operation-midway-blitz/18140683/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ABC7.
Immigration advocates at the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued that the feds violated a consent decree in Illinois when they arrested the targets.
Cummings ruled last month that agents violated a previous consent decree when making warrantless arrests in Chicago.
ICE had agreed that when they make a warrantless arrest, they must determine whether there is probable cause leading them to believe the person is in the United States illegally and if they are a flight risk.
The agency has the authority to make warrantless arrests, a standard practice of the agency nationwide that already has some restrictions.
One of the illegal immigrants who could be released is Colombian national Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, who caused a stir after she fled a traffic stop and ran into a daycare to hide from federal agents in Chicago.
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Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts.
ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside.
Here is the real story:
Officers attempted to conduct a targeted traffic stop of this female… <a href="https://t.co/a5BdcbhnwC">https://t.co/a5BdcbhnwC</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1986171260464742835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley shared a video of the arrest, falsely accusing ICE of snatching “a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.”
The Department of Homeland Security quickly corrected the record.
“Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts,” the agency wrote on X.
“ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” they added.
Galeano crossed the border in 2023, while her children were smuggled in just last month.
During her arrest, she tried to lie about her identity and denied that she knew the male driver in her car, saying she “just picked him up from a bus stop,” DHS said.

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A Democrat-backed bill sitting on Governor JB Pritzker’s desk would turn Illinois into an assisted suicide destination and severely curtail the rights of Christian doctors, a conservative legal group is warning. 
Just a few hours after midnight on Halloween morning, Democrats in the Illinois Senate rammed through legislation that would legalize doctor-assisted suicide in a 30–27 vote. The <a href="https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/VoteHistory?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=1950&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=161335&amp;SessionID=114">bill</a>, which was passed by the state House in May, is awaiting Pritzker’s signature. It would allow doctors to prescribe deadly pills to those who are sick and have been given a prognosis of less than six months to live. 
Conservative groups in the state say that the legislation would force doctors to promote and make referrals for the deadly practice.
“You&#8217;re not just allowing physicians to give people deadly drugs to kill themselves, but you&#8217;re actually forcing us or people of faith, to be part of it, to promote it,” Peter Breen, the head of litigation at Thomas More Society, told The Daily Wire. “I know of no other state where the legislature has gone this far in restricting the religious liberty rights of people of faith.”
While the bill says that doctors would not be forced to participate in prescribing the fatal pills, Breen said that the text contains provisions that would “force institutions and physicians to refer for and to inform about the opportunity to take deadly drugs and end your life.”
Breen noted that parts of the bill would make it impossible for a Christian hospital to fire a doctor who promoted assisted suicide or facilitated one off the grounds of the hospital. 
Currently, 11 states and Washington, D.C., allow for physician-assisted suicide, but Illinois would be the first in America’s heartland. 
“Illinois would become the first state in the middle of the country to enact assisted suicide,” Breen said. “There&#8217;s a significant concern that this is going to turn Illinois into a suicide tourism state.”
He said that what Illinois Democrats were trying to do was “beyond the pale” and that assisted suicide was in opposition to Christian ethics. The Illinois Catholic Conference has come out strongly against the bill and urged Pritzker to veto it. 
While Breen acknowledged that Pritzker was one of the most leftist governors in America, he said he had some “hope” that he would veto it because of the religious liberty implications. 
Pritzker has not yet signaled whether he will sign the measure. 
“I know how terrible it is that someone who’s in the last six months of their life could be experiencing terrible pain and anguish. And I know people who’ve gone through that,” he <a href="https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/legislature-passes-medical-aid-in-dying-bill-that-governor-says-he-will-review/">said</a> on Monday. “It hits me deeply and makes me wonder about, you know, how we can alleviate the pain that they’re going through?”
If Pritzker signs the legislation, Breen said that the Thomas More Society would sue to block it. The law firm has already challenged Illinois over a similar law forcing crisis pregnancy centers to promote abortion.

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Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat representing Illinois’ 5th District — which includes a swath of Chicago neighborhoods ranging from Lincoln Park to Albany Park — has once again showcased why he is a prime example of the leftist politicians undermining public safety and law enforcement in America today.
On Wednesday, Quigley brazenly took to social media to publicly expose the locations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the Chicago area, posting details that could endanger federal officers.
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Find someone who loves you as much as Democrat Rep Mike Quigley loves protecting foreign r*pists and t*rrorists.
This is legitimately deranged behavior.
If only <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeQuigley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMikeQuigley</a> cared about Americans as much as he cares about foreign criminals.
Cc <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DHSgov</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> <a href="https://t.co/p05j35oiyY">pic.twitter.com/p05j35oiyY</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1983698449653756110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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This isn’t some isolated slip-up or accidental leak. Quigley has made it crystal clear over the last year that he intends to aggressively shield illegal immigrants and block ICE officers from doing their jobs. In August, he attacked President Donald Trump on social media, writing, “Chicagoans will not be intimidated by a thug. I will do everything I can to protect my constituents.”
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Chicagoans will not be intimidated by a thug. I will do everything I can to protect my constituents. <a href="https://t.co/3X0iOWCghF">pic.twitter.com/3X0iOWCghF</a>
&mdash; Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeQuigley/status/1960032657787539780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Despite tough crime challenges and the city’s ongoing struggles with gun violence, Quigley’s reflex is to undermine the agencies sent to help. Appearing on CNN on September 1, he slammed Trump’s intervention in Chicago, saying, “This is more an action of bluster and distraction of an autocrat.” He called the deployment of federal agents — even National Guard troops — a “distraction from inflation … foreign policy failures.”
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He compared the tens of millions spent on these operations to the city’s inability to hire 2,000 new police officers, without acknowledging that federal agents target illegal immigration and violent crime directly linked to that unlawful activity. He claimed crime trends were “positive” in Chicago — ignoring widespread reports and statistics that many neighborhoods remain under siege.
Law enforcement officers face real danger from violent gang members and human traffickers daily. Quigley’s decision to share operational details jeopardizes that work and could embolden those who wish them harm.
If Quigley’s recent actions weren’t concerning enough, his past defense of using “hearsay” evidence during the 2019 Trump impeachment hearings raises further questions about his commitment to due process. Arguing that “hearsay can be much better evidence than direct,” Quigley suggested a willingness to prioritize political outcomes over evidentiary standards.
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&quot;Hearsay can be much better evidence than direct.&quot;
Uh ?? 
So not only are the Democrats ADMITTING their entire impeachment sham is based off of hearsay, but now they&#39;re trying to defend it. What a joke! <a href="https://t.co/14oYqp2UGJ">pic.twitter.com/14oYqp2UGJ</a>
&mdash; Abigail Jackson 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) <a href="https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1194700947475357700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The bigger picture shows Quigley as more than just a local congressman. With rumors swirling about a possible 2027 run for Chicago mayor, his actions reveal a dangerous political ambition rooted in antagonizing law enforcement and pandering to radical elements hostile to law and order.
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Don&#39;t think anyone has noticed this yet, but an hour ago, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IL05?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IL05</a> Congressman Mike Quigley updated his campaign finance page with the state of Illinois to show that he&#39;s running for Mayor of Chicago in 2027. 
Could be soon officially joining a *VERY* crowded field <a href="https://t.co/aKyNrGWivk">pic.twitter.com/aKyNrGWivk</a>
&mdash; Uncrewed (@Uncrewed) <a href="https://twitter.com/Uncrewed/status/1973511069432946732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Public safety depends on lawful immigration enforcement conducted professionally and transparently — something Quigley and his allies refuse to support. Instead, they weaponize identity politics and radical ideology to sabotage the agencies that keep citizens safe.

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An illegal immigrant is accused of killing a county official and his wife while driving drunk on an Illinois road, The Daily Wire has learned.
Honduran illegal immigrant Edwin Pacheco-Meza, 34, was swiftly arrested by local cops after allegedly killing Coles County board member Michael Clayton, 71, and his wife, Gail, 66, in a drunk driving crash on Friday. Pacheco-Meza snuck across the border illegally at an unknown date, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
The couple was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pacheco-Meza was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI. Local authorities also found an extended magazine, ammunition, and marijuana in his van.
Illinois state Rep. Adam Niemerg blamed the &#8220;failed leadership&#8221; of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker for the fatal crash in a recent X <a href="https://x.com/adamniemerg/status/1982592201780531429" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>.
&#8220;Gov. Pritzker&#8217;s reckless policies keep putting Illinois families at risk. Instead of protecting citizens, Democrats continue to protect those here illegally — and our communities are paying the price,&#8221; Niemerg wrote.
Guatemalan illegal immigrant Juan Morales-Martinez, 18, was a passenger in Pacheco-Meza&#8217;s truck during the fatal collision. He was also arrested by local police.
While ICE quickly lodged a detainer to ensure Morales-Martinez wasn&#8217;t released onto the streets, the local jail still let him walk free on Monday, according to DHS. Luckily, ICE officers were waiting outside and scooped him up.
Morales-Martinez crossed the border illegally in December 2023 and was released into the United States shortly thereafter, DHS said.
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Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire that the illegal immigrant pair &#8220;should’ve never been in our country in the first place.&#8221;
“President Trump and Secretary Noem have unleashed ICE and CBP in Illinois to restore law-and-order and remove criminal illegal aliens from our communities,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
&#8220;Anyone who is in the U.S. illegally and thinks they can roam free while breaking our laws and harming Americans is in for a rude awakening. If you are in our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you, arrest you, remove you, and you will never return,&#8221; she added.
The Trump administration commenced &#8220;Operation Midway Blitz&#8221; in September to flood Illinois with immigration officers. The raids have resulted in roughly 3,000 arrests, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-3k-arrested-immigration-crackdown-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-says/18076935/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News on Monday.

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Federal immigration agents arrested an illegal immigrant who was working as a police officer in the sanctuary state of Illinois.
Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro, overstayed a B2 tourist visa that required him to leave the United States on March 31, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/16/governor-jb-pritzkers-illinois-illegal-alien-working-sworn-police-office-badge-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday. Despite his immigration status, Bojovic was working as an officer with the Hanover Park Police Department.
Bojovic was approved by the Pension Fund Board of Trustees in January 2025 and was eligible to receive a starting salary of $78,955.70, according to DHS. His 2025 earnings were $205,707, including $9,276 for FICA/Medicare taxes.
DHS placed the blame on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for permitting the employment of an illegal immigrant as a police officer in his state.
“Governor J.B. Pritzker doesn’t just allow violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers. Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living ILLEGALLY in the United States for 10 years — what kind of police department gives criminal illegal aliens badges and guns? It’s a felony for aliens to even possess a firearm. A so-called law enforcement officer who is actively breaking the law,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem ICE is restoring law and order. Criminal illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our communities, especially on our police forces,” McLaughlin added.
Bojovic <a href="https://x.com/BenBergquam/status/1978879958698332249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Real America’s Voice reporter Ben Bergquam that he was authorized to carry a firearm while on duty. He also claimed that he had a permit to work in the U.S.
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Sanctuary-state Illinois, under <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a>, is completely corrupt.<a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> arrested an illegal alien working as a sworn POLICE OFFICER in a Chicago suburb.
Radical sanctuary politicians have allowed criminal illegal aliens to infiltrate our school districts, communities, and…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1978879727889719296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration has set its sights on Illinois with its “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration raids.
The presence of federal immigration agents in Illinois, however, has drawn many anti-ICE agitators who have tried to block the operation, unleash violence, and carry out hits on the officers.
In an effort to quell the attacks, President Donald Trump attempted to deploy hundreds of troops to the region. A judge later paused the deployment. The case is ongoing after the state sued the Trump administration.

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Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker, eyeing a third term and potentially a run for the White House, revealed in a partial tax disclosure that he and his wife pulled in more than $10.3 million in 2024 — including $1.425 million from gambling, the Chicago Tribune reported.
In a single year, Pritzker <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jb-pritzker-won-14-million-vegas-playing-blackjack-rcna237961">reaped</a> more than a million dollars playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas. Those casino winnings don’t even capture the full picture — in prior years, his income was far lower (around $3.2 million in 2023, $2.3 million in 2022) — making 2024’s eight-figure haul all the more eyebrow‑raising.
As a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels legacy, Pritzker has long had the means to bankroll his own political ambitions and fund Democratic causes across the nation. But with this gambling windfall laid bare just months before a critical Democratic primary, questions are bound to swirl about the optics — and ethics — of a governor who aggressively expanded the gambling sector while quietly profiting from the industry himself.
Pritzker was a driving force behind Illinois’ sweeping gambling reforms in 2019. Shortly after taking office, he <a href="https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2019-06-28/pritzker-signs-45-billion-infrastructure-plan-legalizes-sports-betting">pushed through</a> a massive infrastructure bill (roughly $45 billion) that included major gaming expansions: legalization of sports betting, six new casinos, and casino/racetrack gaming at many venues.
That legislation was framed as a fiscal lifeline — a way to reclaim gambling dollars leaving the state, create jobs, and pad public revenue. Pritzker toured racetracks, made public pitches at venues like Fairmount Park, and positioned the law as a mechanism to rescue struggling horse racing communities. The promise: legal gaming would help reenergize industries fading under competition. And to many observers, he sold it as a necessary modernization of Illinois’ revenue base.
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While Pritzker doesn’t collect a salary as governor, he’s shown that his personal income — bolstered by trusts and investments — eclipses that of most public servants. The disclosure notes $4.5 million in state taxes and $30.2 million in federal taxes were paid by the trusts benefiting him, an arrangement he says is intended to shelter against conflicts of interest. He passed his investment control to an independent trustee in 2018, calling it a “blind trust,” though critics argue it isn’t fully opaque given disclosure rules.
All of this raises a central tension: a governor who actively promoted gambling expansion now reports massive earnings from gambling. In an election year, with the records partially exposed, Pritzker’s dual role as promoter and participant in the industry is bound to draw skepticism. His political future may hinge on whether voters view him as having crossed the line between promotion and profiteering.

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A Biden-appointed judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to the Chicago area amid widespread immigration enforcement operations. 
U.S. District Judge April Perry issued a two-week temporary <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487574/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487574.67.0_2.pdf">restraining order</a> blocking the activation of the National Guard in Illinois. The Trump administration has said the National Guard is necessary to protect federal property, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. Perry concluded at a hearing on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security had been citing “unreliable evidence” to justify the deployment. 
Perry’s ruling said that the Trump administration was “temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois.”
The judge said that allowing the National Guard to be deployed would “only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/chicago-portland-trump-national-guard-deployments-court-hearings-rcna236201">according</a> to NBC. 
A follow-up ruling is scheduled for October 22, when Perry says she will determine whether to extend the injunction another two weeks. The Trump administration has appealed the order. 
The ruling was celebrated by Illinois Democrat Governor JB Pritzker, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deploys-national-guard-to-chicago-as-pritzker-melts-down-over-invasion">likened</a> the deployment to an “invasion.” 
“The court confirmed what we all know: There is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois. And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago,” he said. 
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/09/federal-judge-set-to-hear-arguments-in-high-stakes-national-guard-hearing">responded</a> by saying that Trump had “exercised his lawful authority to protect federal officers and assets” in the face of “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, that local leaders like Pritzker have refused to step in to quell.”
“President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities and we expect to be vindicated by a higher court,” she added. 
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller ripped into the judge over the ruling.
“A federal judge seems not to know that federal troops come from many different states. They are, again, federal troops on a federal protective mission,” he <a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/1976500349792821503">wrote</a> on X. 
There has been a significant federal presence in the Chicago area for the last few weeks as the Trump administration has been carrying out “Operation Midway Blitz” to crack down on illegal immigration. ICE agents have been targeted in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-two-after-attack-on-border-patrol-in-chicago?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=FBI+Arrests+Two+After+Attack+On+Border+Patrol+In+Chicago">multiple</a> car rammings, according to DHS.

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker should be thrown in jail &#8220;for failing to protect ICE officers&#8221; as Trump&#8217;s immigration enforcement operation in the Windy City continues to face opposition from state and local leaders.
&#8220;Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115338509988551290">wrote</a> on Truth Social.
Johnson and Pritzker have pushed back against Trump&#8217;s efforts in Chicago and have also condemned the president&#8217;s move to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to the city. On Sunday, Pritzker <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/pritzker-chicago-immigration.html">responded</a> to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&#8217;s description of Chicago as a &#8220;war zone,&#8221; accusing the Trump administration of &#8220;making it a war zone.&#8221;
&#8220;They need to get out of Chicago if they’re not going to focus on the worst of the worst, which is what the president said they were going to do,&#8221; Pritzker added.
After Pritzker refused Trump&#8217;s request to deploy Illinois National Guard troops to Chicago, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois earlier this week, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-national-guard-headed-illinois-gov-pritzker-calls/story?id=126283676">reported</a>.
Mayor Johnson also took a step on Monday to impede ICE&#8217;s operations in the city, signing an executive order that creates “ICE-free zones,&#8221; The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-establishing-ice-free-zones">reported</a>.
“The order establishes ICE-free zones. That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids,” Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-establishing-ice-free-zones">said</a>.
Trump&#8217;s “Operation Midway Blitz,” a massive federal effort to crack down on violent crime and detain illegal immigrants that began last month, has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests in Chicago. The operation, however, has been met with fierce and sometimes violent opposition.
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Over the weekend, federal immigration agents driving in Chicago were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-attack-on-ice-agents-unfolds-in-chicago-pritzker-rails-against-trump">rammed</a> and surrounded by 10 vehicles in an area where anti-ICE protesters had taken to the streets. One of the drivers accused of ramming into the agents&#8217; vehicles &#8220;was armed with a semi-automatic weapon,&#8221; according to Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
The federal agents fired at the armed agitator, &#8220;who drove herself to the hospital to get care for her wounds,&#8221; McLaughlin said. The armed suspect, identified as 40-year-old Marimar Martinez, was on Border Patrol&#8217;s radar after she allegedly doxxed federal agents and threatened to &#8220;f*** those mother f***ers up.&#8221; After Martinez was released from the hospital, she was taken into FBI custody, according to the DHS.
No federal agents were injured in the apparent attack, according to McLaughlin, who also accused the Chicago Police Department of refusing to assist federal law enforcement &#8220;in securing the area.&#8221; According to internal dispatch obtained by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-sources-blast-departments-response-after-officers-were-told-not-help-fed-agents-cover-a">Fox News</a>, Chicago Police Department officers were told by their chief of patrol not to respond to the incident.
&#8220;PLEASE CHIEF OF PATROL NO UNITS WILL RESPOND TO THIS AS RELATED FROM 04-Oc5-2025/12:34:44…CALLER IS 1 OF APPROX 30 ARMED PATROL AGENTS (ICE) WHO ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE REQUESTING CPD,&#8221; a dispatch message said.
The police department responded to the report, claiming that officers were on the scene &#8220;to maintain public safety.&#8221;
&#8220;To clarify misinformation currently circulating, CPD officers did in fact respond to the shooting scene involving federal authorities on Saturday to maintain public safety and traffic control,&#8221; the department said.
&#8220;The Chicago Police Department will always respond to anyone who is being attacked or is under the threat of physical harm,&#8221; the department added. &#8220;For incidents involving federal immigration enforcement, CPD supervisors will respond to the scene and determine the appropriate course of action in accordance with City law.&#8221;
Fox News, however, quoted &#8220;two senior Chicago police sources&#8221; who said that the Chicago Police Department&#8217;s statement is &#8220;not true.&#8221;
The ramming over the weekend was not the first time that federal immigration officers were targeted with vehicles in the Chicago area. Last week, illegal immigrants used their vehicles to target federal agents during enforcement operations, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-illegal-aliens-ram-cars-into-ice-agents-in-two-separate-attacks-dhs-says?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Illegal+Aliens+Ram+Cars+Into+ICE+Agents+In+Two+Separate+Attacks%2C+DHS+Says">reported</a>.

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A leftist professor was hit with felony charges for her alleged participation in violent anti-ICE riots in Illinois Friday.
University of Chicago assistant <a href="https://humdev.uchicago.edu/directory/eman-abdelhadi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professor</a> Eman Abdelhadi, who teaches in the department of comparative human development, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a government employee, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of resisting/obstructing peace, a Class A misdemeanor, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office told The Daily Wire.
She was released on Saturday.
Abdelhadi posted a photo of Illinois state police outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, on X the day of her arrest with the caption: “Here’s a picture of Illinois state tax dollars going to enforcing Trump’s agenda of terrorizing our community with abductions.”
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Here’s a picture of Illinois state tax dollars going to enforcing Trump’s agenda of terrorizing our community with abductions. Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a>! <a href="https://t.co/0wfNCBAtb8">pic.twitter.com/0wfNCBAtb8</a>
— Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi) <a href="https://twitter.com/emanabdelhadi/status/1974095223820296388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
She was seen at an anti-ICE demonstration shouting in officers’ faces while <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DPWnbkBDe5I/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donning</a> a shirt reading “FREE PALESTINE” in a video posted to her Instagram.
Abdelhadi <a href="https://organizingmythoughts.org/holding-the-line-through-tear-gas-and-censorship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> on “Movement Memos” the day before her arrest, where she shared her experiences participating in anti-ICE protests in Illinois.
“These people are terrorizing our communities and they’re setting up shop. I mean, in Broadview, ICE has been setting up shop in our backyard. Just brazenly taking up community resources to terrorize this very same community,” Abdelhadi said. “And so it felt really important to join protesters out there to say, not in our city, not in our name, not in our backyard. This will not go by unnoticed. This will not go by without resistance.”
“At this point, you are either on the side of protecting our neighbors and protecting our community, or you’re on the side of this administration. There is no neutral ground in this moment. There’s no center left. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” she added.
Abdelhadi was <a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/media/statement/update-faculty-members-recent-comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigated</a> by the University of Chicago after she called the school “evil” and “a colonial landlord” at an annual socialism conference on July 5.
The anti-Israel professor also <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/article/some-us-professors-praise-hamass-october-7-terror-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> “Morning Freedom” with a Palestinian flag emoji on the day of the October 7 attack.
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Eman Abdelhadi: “F*** the University of Chicago&#8230; but it’s my best shot at power.”
At Socialism 2025, <a href="https://twitter.com/UChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UChicago</a> professor Eman Abdelhadi called her employer “evil colonial landlord.&#8221;
Use it. Organize it. Seize its structural leverage.
“We don’t have power&#8230; but I work at one… <a href="https://t.co/Mes06SYMEp">pic.twitter.com/Mes06SYMEp</a>
— Stu Smith (@thestustustudio) <a href="https://twitter.com/thestustustudio/status/1941958171389538635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
The University of Chicago did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Abdelhadi’s latest arrest.
The Trump administration has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-send-texas-national-guard-troops-to-quell-anti-ice-attacks-in-chicago">deployed</a> 200 Texas National Guard soldiers to Illinois amid an uptick in anti-ICE assaults.
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On Saturday, Border Patrol agents in the Chicago area were boxed in by a convoy of vehicles. Agents opened fire on one of the alleged attackers after it was determined that she was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
A federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-allows-trump-to-deploy-troops-to-chicago-for-now?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Judge+Allows+Trump+To+Deploy+Troops+To+Chicago+%E2%80%94+For+Now">declined</a> to block President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas troops to Chicago Monday, rejecting a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois challenging the deployment.
Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-establishing-ice-free-zones">signed</a> an executive order Monday to create “ICE-free zones” across the city.

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A leader of the Latin Kings gang allegedly placed a bounty on the chief of the Trump administration’s deportation raids in Illinois amid a surge in violent attacks against federal immigration officers.
Federal law enforcement officers arrested illegal immigrant gangbanger Juan Espinoza Martinez after he allegedly attempted to orchestrate a murder-for-hire scheme to take out Commander at Large of the U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.
Martinez, who goes by the nickname “Monkey,” allegedly sent a message to fellow gang members on Snapchat that pictured Bovino and offered a $10,000 reward to “take him down,” according to a screenshot <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/06/latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-illinois-after-placing-hit-commander-large-border">shared</a> by the Department of Homeland Security. The message also offered “$2,000 on information when you get him.”
“It’s a war zone out there,” Bovino <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382156307112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday night in response to the latest threat.
He added: “That’s something out of a third-world country, is this America?”
<div id="attachment_982031" style="width: 270px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-982031" class="wp-image-982031 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="405" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25.jpg 260w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25-193x300.jpg 193w" sizes=" (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" />A screenshot of a Snapchat conversation shows a discussion about the bounty placed on Bovino. (Credit: DHS)</div>
The gang leader also “instructed Latin Kings members to acquire firearms and hang out in the area” after a convoy of vehicles rammed into Border Patrol agents driving in the Chicago area Saturday, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1415976/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents.
One of the alleged attackers was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, prompting agents to fire shots, striking the individual.
When agents called for backup from the Chicago Police Department as rioters formed a mob in response to the shooting, the local officers were instructed to stand down.
“Placing a bounty on a federal officer’s head is cowardly and an act of war on the rule of law,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1975297505974767640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement Monday. “This case shows what Take Back America means: reclaiming our neighborhoods from violent thugs and criminal gangs.”
“We will hunt anyone who targets those who protect our borders, streets, and communities. Rest assured &#8211; threaten law enforcement and the full weight of the U.S. government will come for you,” he said.
<div id="attachment_982037" style="width: 381px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-982037" class="wp-image-982037 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26.jpg" alt="" width="371" height="337" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26.jpg 371w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26-300x273.jpg 300w" sizes=" (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px" />Mugshot of Juan Espinoza-Martinez (Credit: DHS)</div>
A federal judge declined to block Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-send-texas-national-guard-troops-to-quell-anti-ice-attacks-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Send+Texas+National+Guard+Troops+To+Quell+Anti-ICE+Attacks+In+Chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployment</a> of troops to Chicago Monday, allowing the feds to send 200 Texas National Guard soldiers to quell anti-ICE violence across the sanctuary city while the case is ongoing. The next hearing in the case is set for Thursday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Times.
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Troops are expected to arrive in the Windy City Tuesday or Wednesday, according to the report.
Across the country, assaults on immigration agents have increased 1,000% in the past 8 months, according to DHS.
Illinois, however, has responded to the Trump administration’s move with a lawsuit as the sanctuary state’s governor, JB Pritzker, labels the deployment an “invasion.”
“The state of Illinois is going to use every lever at our disposal to resist this power grab and get [Kristi] Noem’s thugs the hell out of Chicago,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-allows-trump-to-deploy-troops-to-chicago-for-now">Pritzker said</a> in an afternoon press conference.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-establishing-ice-free-zones?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Chicago+Mayor+Brandon+Johnson+Signs+Executive+Order+Establishing+%E2%80%98ICE+Free+Zones%E2%80%99">responded</a> to the federal government’s actions Monday by establishing “ICE-free zones” across the city.

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Gang Leader Arrested In Plot To Murder Chief Of Trump’s Illinois Deportation Raids

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