DHS launches Operation Midway Blitz to target illegal immigrants in Chicago

Published September 8, 2025 2:17pm ET



The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Midway Blitz on Monday to start detaining illegal immigrants in Chicago and Illinois after Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) repeatedly refused to cooperate with the Trump administration’s crime crackdown.

DHS announced the operation on social media, revealing it was “in honor” of Katie Abraham, 20, who died in a hit-and-run car crash caused by a Guatemalan national illegally residing in the United States.

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