Black Hawks, flashbangs, kids in zip ties

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3. Immigration agents increasingly aggressive in Chicago

News | Oct 5, 2025
By Sophia Tareen Associated Press

CHICAGO — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital ...

“They are the ones that are making it a war zone,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday on CNN. “They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it’s a war zone” ...

While federal agents have mostly focused on immigrant-heavy and Latino enclaves, the operation early Tuesday unfolded in the largely Black South Shore neighborhood that’s had a small influx of migrants resettled in Chicago while seeking asylum ...

Rodrick Johnson was among the U.S. citizens briefly detained and said agents broke through his door and placed him in zip ties ...

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