Overview

• HSI Chicago’s Financial Crimes Task Force staged a briefing in the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture parking lot on July 8 before a narcotics operation.
• Museum staff say agents entered the property without presenting warrants or badges and inspected entry and exit points ahead of cultural events.
• At a July 11 press conference, Rep. Delia Ramirez and other officials joined immigrant rights groups in calling for transparent agent identification and accountability.
• Deportation defense organizations announced plans to provide on-site rights education at the forthcoming Barrio Arts Fest and other Humboldt Park events.
• The Department of Homeland Security maintains that the operation was strictly for narcotics enforcement staging and asserts it did not target the museum.