Lauren FitzPatrick

During Operation Midway Blitz, 85% of the immigrants who were held had no prior criminal conviction, a Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ analysis finds. Federal immigration agents often were more successful at detaining serious criminals in the months before and after the high-profile deportation campaign than during it.

Un análisis del Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ revisó las detenciones de la campaña del otoño pasado, llamada ‘Operativo Midway Blitz’. Los agentes de inmigración a menudo tuvieron más éxito deteniendo a criminales peligrosos antes y después de la campaña de deportaciones masivas y de alto perfil.

In a letter to the Justice Department relying heavily on Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ reporting, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned whether the hearings provide due process for immigrants trying to remain in the U.S.

Las nuevas audiencias masivas preliminares que comenzaron en Chicago en mayo convocan hasta 185 inmigrantes a una pequeña sala de la corte. Muchos inmigrantes, temerosos y con poco tiempo para encontrar un abogado, están perdiendo fechas judiciales importantes.

New “mega master” hearings that began in Chicago in May are calling as many as 185 immigrants to a single small courtroom. Many immigrants, fearful and unable to find a lawyer on short notice, are missing critical court dates.

Two decades ago, they might have chosen to live in an LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Now they prefer to be themselves at home, according to Southeast Siders and census data analyzed by the Sun-Times and WBEZ.

The discount grocery chain’s operator Yellow Banana hasn’t named a successor, and Save A Lot says they’re unaware of an interim CEO.

While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the west suburb was stuck with bills for nearly $400,000.

Katrina Thompson pidió a las autoridades federales que devolvieran $700,000 en costos al poblado relacionados con el Operativo Midway Blitz y por las pérdidas económicas sufridas por negocios cercanos.

The suburban mayor asked the feds to pay back $700,000 in costs to the villlage associated with Operation Midway Blitz and for economic losses suffered by nearby businesses.