Overview

• Armed Border Patrol and ICE teams conducted visible patrols through downtown Chicago under Operation At Large and ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz, with detentions reported.
• DHS said 11 people were arrested outside the Broadview ICE facility, two firearms were seized from protesters at the fence, and an apparent explosive device is under investigation.
• Federal complaints charge Paul Ivery, Ray Collins, Jocelyne Robledo, and Hubert Mazur with assaulting or resisting officers, including allegations that Ivery threatened to kill a Border Patrol agent.
• Court filings state Collins and Robledo carried loaded 9mm pistols with lawful permits, and agents used tear gas and pepper munitions to push back crowds during the weekend clashes.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and downtown aldermen denounced the federal deployments as intimidating, while Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino defended the operations.