Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed.| Block Club Chicago
Russell Hott, ICE's field director in Chicago, said officers have committed no wrongdoing since Operation Midway Blitz began. But protesters, local officials and residents have cited many instances of violence and unlawful detainment.| Block Club Chicago
Attorneys argued that the recent arrest of an Albany Park family at Millennium Park violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests.| Block Club Chicago