Overview

• Federal leaders directed new raids across the region Tuesday, with ICE highlighting arrests in Elgin and Chicago as Border Patrol personnel joined the surge and a pre-dawn operation was publicized by DHS.
• State Rep. Lauren Underwood said ICE confirmed roughly 250 people have been taken into custody since Sept. 6, with transfers reported to detention centers in Indiana and Wisconsin.
• Agents arrested people in West Chicago and outside a West Side courthouse, and officials and witnesses reported sightings at additional courthouses and traffic stops in multiple suburbs.
• DHS says an ICE officer fatally shot Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez after he allegedly dragged an agent with his car; Illinois officials are pressing for video and a full public accounting, with the local FBI reported to be leading the inquiry.
• ICE touted the capture of Aldo Salazar Bahena, an alleged gang member released by state prison officials, as community groups documented heightened fear, protests and legal-access concerns, including an attorney’s claim of a retaliatory detention of a day laborer suing Chicago police.