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Noem Leads Elgin Raid as Operation Midway Blitz Intensifies in Chicago

Calls for transparency follow a fatal traffic‑stop shooting alongside disputed DHS descriptions of arrestees.

Overview

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE agents for a predawn operation in Elgin that neighbors said involved helicopters and tactical teams, with at least four people taken into custody, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
  • Rep. Lauren Underwood said ICE leaders told her roughly 250 people have been arrested since Sept. 6, with detainees being moved to facilities in Indiana and Wisconsin.
  • Federal activity extended to West Chicago and Chicago courthouses, where witnesses reported masked agents, unmarked vehicles and arrests near schools, workplaces and a police-station courthouse.
  • DHS says an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez after he resisted arrest and dragged an officer with his car in Franklin Park; Illinois leaders are pressing for evidence and details as the inquiry proceeds.
  • ABC7’s I-Team found gaps in public records for several DHS-named arrestees touted as violent offenders, even as officials highlighted arrests including Aldo Salazar Bahena, whom ICE says was taken into custody after prison release.