Overview

• Agents conducted two brief sweeps at O’Hare’s TNP Alpha lot on Friday, questioning rideshare drivers about citizenship and requesting proof, with video showing interrogations and detentions.
• Homeland Security said 18 people were arrested by Border Patrol officers and will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
• The agency described the action as targeted and said those detained were in violation of immigration laws.
• The union organizing rideshare drivers said due process may have been violated and reported it is collecting accounts from those at the scene.
• The Mexican Consulate advised visitors, including Chicago Marathon participants from Mexico, to carry document copies as the broader enforcement surge has produced more than 1,000 arrests in the area since last month.