Crime & Safetyscore 112·2 metrosupdated 50m ago

Who Were The Midway Blitz Border Patrol Agents? Most Were Veteran Immigration Officers

CHICAGO — About 300 Border Patrol agents were among the federal officers who made a torrent of arrests, deployed tear gas nearly 50 times, tased and assaulted residents and shot two people — one fatally — during Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area last year. That all happened even though t

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