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(NewsNation) — "Operation Midway Blitz" was underway successful the Chicago country Tuesday, arsenic immigration enforcement officers swarmed the city nether the Trump administration's latest directive.
State and section leaders person criticized the move, calling it a scare maneuver and claiming they were kept successful the acheronian astir the cognition altogether.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the metropolis has not received immoderate ceremonial announcement of accrued migration enforcement, NewsNation section affiliate WGN reported.
More officers were expected connected the crushed arsenic portion of the operation, which Homeland Security said aims to "target the transgression aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois due to the fact that they knew Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would support them and let them to roam escaped connected American streets."
A spokesperson for Pritzker told NewsNation the administration's announcement is "not astir earnestly warring transgression oregon reforming migration — it's astir Trump's program to spell to warfare with America's third-largest city."
Outside of Chicago, metropolis officials successful adjacent Evanston person besides urged residents to stay vigilant and study immoderate sightings of national agents successful the area.
"In Evanston, we invited our migrant and exile neighbors and support each other," the metropolis said successful a statement. "We volition bash each we tin to safeguard our assemblage and support Evanston families together."
DHS announces ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ successful Illinois
In a post on societal level X, DHS said the cognition was successful grant of Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old pistillate from 1 of Chicago’s northwest suburbs who was killed successful a hit-and-run clang successful January by 29-year-old Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national, according to NewsNation affiliate WGN.
Her friend, Chloe Polzin, was besides killed successful the crash.
According to the Urbana Police Department, Cucul-Bol was charged with leaving the country of a clang resulting successful death, aggravated driving nether the power resulting successful decease and reckless homicide.
He was besides charged by the Justice Department with possession of a mendacious imperishable nonmigratory card, possession of a mendacious societal information card, mendacious usage of a passport, and making a mendacious connection connected a slope application.
NewsNation's Jordan Perkins contributed to this report.
