Overview

• Dozens of agents in tactical gear, some carrying long guns and wearing face coverings, patrolled Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue, and the Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon.
• Videos showed residents confronting the groups with chants of “shame” and telling agents to go home.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker criticized the show of force, arguing it does not make the city safer.
• Border Patrol leadership said the operation targets people in the country illegally with criminal records, while officials did not provide any arrest tally from the downtown sweep.
• President Trump posted footage and warned that Border Patrol “will take no nonsense” as the deployment drew national attention.