Overview

• Federal agents raided a South Shore apartment building at night, arresting 37 people and placing four U.S. citizen children into temporary custody, with residents reporting helicopters, stun grenades, and military-style vehicles.
• DHS says roughly 900 people have been arrested in Illinois since Sept. 8 and released a video of the South Shore operation, noting some suspects had criminal histories and alleged links to the Tren de Aragua.
• U.S. District Judge Sunil Harjani ordered that a family detained near Millennium Park not be deported before a Monday hearing, though the father had already been transferred to a Texas facility.
• The National Immigrant Justice Center and ACLU of Illinois have taken federal action alleging at least 27 warrantless arrests and violations of a consent decree, and advocates report that some U.S. citizens were detained.
• Project Resurrection unveiled a weekly public database to track arrests and deportations as hotline calls surged in late September, reflecting mounting concern over ongoing raids and limited case-level details.