Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said operations would increase over Halloween, rejecting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s request to suspend enforcement near holiday events.
- Agents and residents clashed on Friday in Evanston near schools after a car rear-ended a federal vehicle; three U.S. citizens were arrested and DHS said pepper spray was used to disperse a hostile crowd.
- Another confrontation unfolded in Albany Park as agents detained two people; video showed shoving as bystanders questioned officers, and DHS said agents were assaulted during the arrest.
- DHS cited more than 3,000 arrests under Operation Midway Blitz since September, while Chicago officials and community organizers decried tactics that canceled a neighborhood parade and rattled families.
- An appeals court blocked a judge’s order requiring daily updates from a Border Patrol commander, as prior court admonitions over chemical agents and identification practices continued to frame the dispute.