Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s request for a weekend pause, and ICE confirmed operations would continue through Halloween in the Chicago region.
- The ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center sued over conditions at ICE’s Broadview facility, alleging denial of private attorney calls, blocked outside access and coerced signatures that waive rights.
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis previously ordered agents in the area to wear visible identification, restricted certain tactics against peaceful protesters and required agents with body cameras to use them.
- Individual outcomes diverged as a Chicago father, Rubén Torres Maldonado, was ordered released on bond for family medical reasons, while others were deported or moved long distances, including a Houston father and Chicago Uber driver Diego Castro.
- ICE’s push, described in reports as detaining thousands under the ‘Operación Midway Blitz,’ continued alongside controversy over a reported tear-gas deployment at an Old Irving Park Halloween event and DHS claims of a sharp rise in threats, including the arrest of a Florida man accused of posting death threats.