Overview

• Homeland Security officials allege Mexican criminal networks are offering tiered rewards for targeting federal agents, but public evidence highlighted in coverage centers on an Oct. 6 arrest and a Snapchat screenshot.
• Operation Midway Blitz has remained active for more than six weeks in Chicago, resulting in roughly 1,000 arrests or detentions and daily protests outside the Broadview ICE facility.
• A federal temporary restraining order now requires agents to issue two warnings before using riot-control weapons, yet witnesses described tear gas deployed in Albany Park without warnings.
• Cook County's chief judge signed an order that prohibits ICE from conducting civil arrests of parties or witnesses in and around local courthouses.
• A separate ruling from Judge April Perry imposed a 14-day freeze on National Guard deployment, as residents and local officials report fear, school absenteeism and steep drops in business in Latino neighborhoods.