Chicago Immigration Clips – September 17, 2025

Yesterday’s launch of “Operation At Large” – led by border patrol official who oversaw Los Angeles raids 

CBS Chicago: Feds launch second immigration enforcement operation in Illinois, led by border official who oversaw L.A. raids

The new initiative, dubbed “Operation At Large” was announced Tuesday on social media by Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection official who led controversial immigration enforcement raids in southern California this summer.”

NBC Chicago: ‘Chicago, we’ve arrived:’ ICE border patrol chief posts message about new operation

The Guardian: US border agent who led immigration crackdown in LA arrives in Chicago

Newsweek: Kristi Noem Joins ICE Raid—US Citizens Arrested by Mistake

CBS Chicago: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Chicago area amid increased ICE operations

CBS Chicago: 2 U.S. citizens among 5 arrested at early morning Elgin, Illinois ICE raid

WGN Chicago: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem visits Chicago area Tuesday, dozens arrested since start of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’

Chicago Sun-Times: Feds step up immigration raids around Chicago on Mexican Independence Day: ‘It’s a cultural attack’

ABC Chicago: Cook County leaders to denounce presence of ICE agents in Chicago

Chicago Tribune: Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area immigration enforcement blitz

Silverio Villegas González

Block Club Chicago: Mexican Independence Day Celebration Doubles As Protest After ICE Killing Of Franklin Park Dad

Chicago Sun-Times: ICE agents didn’t have body cams during deadly shooting of Silverio Villegas González outside Chicago

The TRiiBE: STATEMENT: Black communities know that every police killing is a tragedy

Other News

Block Club Chicago: Pro-Trump Chicago Restaurateur Heads To Washington To Urge President To Slow Deportations

Axios Chicago: Chicago business community at center of Trump’s troop plans

“The presence of the National Guard will disrupt restaurant operations and create unnecessary fear amongst Chicago diners,” Sam Toia, CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association, told Axios.

Crain’s Chicago Business: Trump again says he’s coming to Chicago, dismisses Pritzker as ‘nothing’

Chicago Tribune: Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump is ‘losing it’ after latest Chicago National Guard threat

President Donald Trump again vowed to deploy the National Guard to Chicago “against” the opposition of Gov. JB Pritzker, prompting the Democratic governor on Tuesday to label the president’s latest comments a possible sign of “dementia” after a month of on-and-off threats by Trump to mobilize the military to the city.”

Politico Illinois Playbook: Pritzker says Trump is ‘losing it’

“President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his plan to send the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime — a move that drew a rebuke from Gov. JB Pritzker, who called the remarks a sign “of dementia,” adding, “I think he’s losing it.”

Block Club Chicago: ICE Arrested Nearly 400 In Chicago, Nearby States In The Days After Trump’s Inauguration: Records

“Block Club had to sue to get the data — and ICE still won’t say who exactly it arrested. Here’s why we’re fighting to know more.”

Chicago Tribune: Officials and local leaders encourage people in US without legal permission to stay home amid federal activity

Chicago Tribune: ‘Heartbroken and devastated,’ children of Cicero couple arrested by ICE in traffic stop ask for their release

“On their youngest son’s 10th birthday, federal immigration agents detained a couple who immigrated from Mexico and have lived in Cicero for 18 years, family and lawyers said Tuesday.”

Chicago Sun-Times: The feds ramped up immigration enforcement in Chicago on Mexican Independence Day. It wasn’t the first time.“Seven decades ago, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration deployed a sweeping initiative to arrest and deport Mexican nationals who lacked legal status in the United States.”