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Noem and Braun Hold Gary Briefing on 'Midway Blitz' After Nearly 3,000 Arrests Reported

Local officials say they were excluded from planning, with the location disclosed only to RSVPs.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, center, tours “Camp 57,” a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, third left, and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, left, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)
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Overview

  • DHS is convening an 11 a.m. news conference in Gary on Operation Midway Blitz with Secretary Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and ICE leadership.
  • Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino has reported nearly 3,000 arrests in the Chicago area since the expanded enforcement began in September.
  • Gary Mayor Eddie Melton says the city was not involved and will not participate, and the department withheld the address publicly, providing it only upon RSVP.
  • Student organizers plan a counter-protest at the Gary/Chicago International Airport as reports surface of an ICE raid in Gary that allegedly separated a family and involved forced entry.
  • Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker asked for a pause in enforcement near homes, schools and places of worship over Halloween, and data cited by tracreports.org show 71% of ICE detainees had no criminal convictions as of Sept. 21.