Overview
- The state and city filed Monday in federal court, naming DHS, CBP, ICE and officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino.
- The complaint labels Operation Midway Blitz an organized campaign using roving patrols, warrantless arrests, biometric scans, tear gas and license‑plate swapping, citing shootings in Franklin Park and Brighton Park and a South Shore raid.
- After filing, state lawyers moved to steer the case to Judge Sara Ellis, who previously restricted agents’ use of force, but the case was assigned to Judge Georgia Alexakis.
- The suit seeks to vacate multiple DHS policies, bar CBP from civil‑immigration enforcement in the state, restrict actions near sensitive locations, require identification and body cameras, and mandate documentation for stops and arrests.
- DHS defends the operations as lawful and focused on criminal noncitizens, reporting more than 4,500 arrests, while Minnesota filed a similar lawsuit the same day following a recent fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.