Overview
- Block Club reports, citing the Tribune, that Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino has left the city after a brief return, with no explanation offered and no response from DHS.
- Bovino led roughly 200 agents in caravan-style deployments across Chicago’s Southwest and West sides and into Berwyn, Cicero and Evanston under Operations Midway Blitz and At Large.
- Agents carried out arrests at workplaces and public areas, including an Evanston Home Depot where a car window was smashed to detain a person.
- Protests followed the sweeps, and Bovino clashed with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after declaring it would be a “merry Christmas” in Chicago and vowing to enforce immigration law.
- A Tribune editorial pointed to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ recent call for stronger double-checks on deportations, underscoring demands for transparency and accountability.