Overview
- DHS vacated its Naval Station Great Lakes command center after more than two months supporting Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
- U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and many agents have left Chicago, though reporting indicates some personnel remain and enforcement continues.
- Federal officials confirmed a new surge in Charlotte, where agents were observed making arrests and a DHS official framed the effort as a public-safety push.
- Lake County leaders welcomed the departure from the naval station and reiterated commitments to support immigrant communities.
- Organizers say ICE still operates in Illinois, and protests and litigation over use-of-force and detention conditions continue, including recent arrests outside the Broadview ICE facility.