Pritzker calls for ICE pause over Halloween weekend
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At a briefing on Trump’s Midway Blitz immigration crackdown, Noem said calls for her agents to pause operations through Halloween were "shameful."
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During a news conference Thursday, Gov. JB Pritzker slammed federal agents' targeting of people without criminal records and using tear gas on neighborhood streets.
Governor JB Pritzker is creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document what he says are examples of harassment, intimidation and abuse by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. Pritzker says the panel will hold hearings and take testimony from those who have been detained or suffered abuses at the hands of federal agents.
Our Chicagoland neighborhoods are being bombarded with tear gas, invaded by unidentified masked men in unmarked vehicles, thugs who are intimidating workers and children and grandparents, most of whom are Black or Brown,
Noem also announced federal agents arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants across the Indiana border with commercial driver’s licenses, including some with Illinois CDLs.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited northwest Indiana on Thursday to announce results from an operation that searches for illegal drivers.
The Illinois Accountability Commission will hold hearings and gather information from individuals, community members, subject matter experts, local officials, journalists, faith leaders and organizations.
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