Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s request to suspend enforcement for Oct. 31–Nov. 2, calling the appeal “shameful.”
- Federal agents detained multiple people on Oct. 31 in Irving Park and Albany Park, with video showing crowd confrontations and an agent pushing Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez.
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis admonished Border Patrol leadership after the Oct. 25 tear gas incident and imposed requirements for identification, body cameras, warnings, and limits on chemical agents in residential areas.
- DHS defends Operation Midway Blitz as necessary and reports more than 3,000 arrests, citing sharp increases in assaults on officers and rejecting claims it targets schools, hospitals, or churches.
- Chicago officials and residents organized protections for families, including candy drives and “safe house” signs, after the Old Irving Park parade was canceled and fresh Halloween-day confrontations were documented.