Customs and Border Protection forces have left Chicago, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to take criminal illegals off the city’s streets.
Despite opposition from activists and sanctuary politicians such as Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, ICE has continued its objective of apprehending dangerous criminal illegals, according to a news release.
According to the press release, “The Department of Homeland Security is conducting Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham, who tragically lost her life to a drunk-driving criminal illegal alien in the sanctuary state of Illinois.”
The statement details the deportation of another six dangerous felons.
Those arrested have been convicted of domestic violence, criminal sexual abuse of children, armed robbery, and driving under the influence, among other dangerous and violent offenses.
“These arrests are a drop in the bucket,” said ERO Chicago Field Office Director Sam Olson. “ICE Chicago is out doing targeted enforcement every day to protect people where their local leaders have failed, and we’ve arrested thousands of dangerous criminal aliens. Make no mistake: These are criminals, and if local officials had called ICE before releasing them, they’d be in their home countries rather than victimizing innocent people here in the United States.”
Angel Gonzalez Di Luca, 27, convicted of domestic violence with strangulation; Juan Toledo Vasquez, 54, convicted of domestic battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon; Jose Juarez Soto, 31, convicted of domestic battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon; Hector Teja Solis, 34, convicted of armed robbery causing bodily injury; Miguel Angel Portillo Pacheco, 39, convicted of domestic battery, assault, and viol
Despite the gap in headlines, the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” continues in Chicago as Customs and Border Protection forces relocate to other locations in the United States.