Public sentiment regarding Operation Midway Blitz is polarized. Many express strong support for stricter immigration enforcement, viewing it as essential for safety, while others raise significant ethical concerns about racial profiling and the treatment of immigrants. Supporters show enthusiasm for figures like Tom Homan and President Trump, whereas detractors argue the crackdown unfairly targets innocent individuals and may not effectively address crime.

Tom Homan

President Trump

Local Chicago Government

People who do not identify themselves in an official capacity are not protected from someone standing their ground or acting in self-defense.

What a dangerous situation for the government to put ICE agents into, legally and physically.

E: That is simply a fact. Note, I am not advocating for anything (which I have been accused of). Just pointing out what a precarious situation this creates for safety.

YerNotSeriousPeople

they are like 12 year olds. Have to give a stupid name to everything.

Born-Cod4210

exhibitthis69

Surely they’re going where gangs operate to tackle crime, right?

Right?

RWBadger

why spend $2500 on a kid's meals for the entire year when you can spend $25,000 arresting one instead 🙄

sourdoughcultist

Protecting America from hard workers and cancer patients.

NotAPreppie

MiniMini662

The damn "customs and border control" helicopters are out there again today (for those of you who use the flightradar24 app).

This whole ordeal pisses me off and is such a colossal waste of time and so needlessly cruel.

aunt_cranky

Ever get 2 flat tires at once? Its a real bitch. Can't drive anywhere. Its even worse if you got 3 flats.

elgato96

Blitz... seriously?! They're gonna use that term..

xavariel

I told everyone last week today would be the day because of Mexican Independence Day...

Chi28n2k

Got a shitty car and see these guys? Block them in. I’ve got a late model Toyota that I’m willing to part with to stop a fascist.

BudUnderwearBundy

JackieTreehorn79

The incident happened in Urbana so why are they hitting the North burbs?

Competitive_Ad_4461

Hi. Montreal popping in... Just wanted to let you know that we're worried for you. Stand strong! Sending you all the good vibes we have from Canada 🫶

real_legit_unicorn

Don’t be where you’re expected to be for the next few days.

JustLookinJustLookin

Westsidebill

has anyone seen signs of increased activity in the suburbs ?

Ok-Fishing609

I think they're making another child trafficking ring through ICE and are covering it up just like Epstein.. they are pedophiles and pedophile protectors

PirateSometimes

CORRECTION: "detain and deport and brown-ish person we feel like. Probable cause not required in Trump era."

dachloe

They “flocked” to Chicago. I seem to remember a certain state outright flying immigrants to Chicago.

Tommy_Tsunami-_

Real question: how worried are suburban Latino folks? My nephew’s wife and kids are US citizens but likely to be profiled, and I’m wondering whether it would be fear mongering or just prudent to ask whether they’d like to come visit me out of state for a while.

Ace_Procrastinator

I’m asking again, please do not walk to work down the middle of the street to work. It disrupts traffic, and disrupts ice from doing their work

brooklynagain

I’m from NELA and Newsom’s right—Trump needs to check out the crime in Shreveport and Monroe but he won’t bc it’s a Republican stronghold and Speaker Mike Johnson’s district!

TakeAnotherLilP

The closest incident they could find of an illegal immigrant killing people was in a car accident 130 miles south of the city of Chicago. 

I'll take grasping at straws for 200, Alex.

tahwos585

k-doji

[https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/09/08/ice-announces-launch-of-operation-midway-blitz-to-arrest-undocumented-immigrants-in-chicago-area/](https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/09/08/ice-announces-launch-of-operation-midway-blitz-to-arrest-undocumented-immigrants-in-chicago-area/)

Rosebird17

Can they come to California next? We need this too!

nothing wrong with this if they stick to the plan. getting criminals out if fine.

SomeoneWhoIsAwesomer

&gt; The two were passengers in a Honda Civic that was stopped for a red traffic light when a Mitsubishi SUV, driven by Julio Cucul Bol, a 29-year-old Guatemalan citizen, was traveling in the same direction behind the Honda at a high rate of speed, police said.

&gt; Cucul Bol was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing death, two counts of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and two counts of reckless homicide.

Previously deported, DUI kills 2 people, runs from the crash, and then tries to run back home to avoid prosecution.  Sounds like a stand up guy.  Thanks JB, I can tell you definitely have everything under control here.

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So today ICE has announced “Operation Midway **Blitz**”, their new harassment campaign against Chicago. 

I’m going to be completely upfront: This is Nazi shit. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz), there are only 2 uses of the term remotely applicable to this: “blitzkrieg” and “the blitz.” I cannot think of a poorer name to use here, nor can I think of an appropriate use at all.

It was an intentional naming choice. Everyone should be concerned.

!PING AMERICA&amp;TERROR&amp;JEWISH&amp;US-NEWS

Aryeh98

I like how the justification for this is a car crash in Urbana where the suspect was arrested in Texas.

euph_22

So are they admitting they have terrible accuracy because regardless of their "target(s)", they've historically detained a shit ton of legal citizens, many of whom have been here their entire lives. 

Why do news outlets continue to pussyfoot where it matters. They're not coming after just "undocumented immigrants." They never have and never will.

Anonymous203203

These Nazi dipshits peaked in highschool and are now making it everyone else's problem.

Hope their life is hell and they get the proper comeuppance

FlowersByTheStreet

In related news, I’m announcing operation “ICE can lick my butt hole!” I’m inviting all members of ice, and their supporters, to come lick my butt hole.

BoatLessBoozeCruise5

Would have been more appropriate to call it “Blitzkrieg”

throwawayawayayayay

Propaganda-ing so hard. Nobody thinks you want to deport everyone to solve the problem of drunk driving. We know why you want to.

JoeyHandsomeJoe

I hate McHenry County, but not as much as I hate Illinois Nazis

Real_Sartre

Does BallyMidway own the phrase "midway blitz"?

Yourponydied

Puffthemagiccommie

nullzeroerror

Griffeyisking14

The misAdministration's hyperventilating about immigrant 'problems'  = grooming the general population to accept the developing police state repressions as 'normal.'

PParker46

HoosierRed

Valkyrie_Skuld

This sounds like the first operation of a war on Chicago.

SoftwareDiligence

Did they really name this after the old NFL Blitz arcade games? Lol what assholes.

skellz773

I can’t wait for them to go to the violent gang areas, FAFO. It’s red and blue there, not camo

Wantrepreneur4

There seems to be a live updating article here: 

https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/entry/17772099/

Stay safe Chi, and know your rights!

https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org

CrispyRSMusic

If the DHS needs a single incident to launch operations they should be locking up pedophiles in D.C. left and right.

fjtblessed

One undocumented person drives drunk and kills a kid and we need to send federal forces in to deal with the menace destroying an entire region of the country. Thousands of children are gunned down and terrorized in their schools, and there is nothing we can do.

Weird.

zaphodbeebIebrox

Just a reminder that the State of Texas spent millions of dollars to bus thousands of immigrants to Chicago over the last few years.

Reasonable_Loquat874

Oh yeah, give that guys defense lawyer the opportunity to argue the jury is poisoned against his client.

Good work fascist scum.

Pearberr

Ah the cherry-picked crime to launch a full on assault on a city…..

As a true crime podcast listener I can give a list of places where white dudes have mowed down their families or houses full of college students or their daughters…..yet nary a peep on that….I guess white American men are permitted to murder with abandon…..

Simsmommy1

Ah, they found something to “justify” the massive overreach. Poor Ms Abraham was killed because the driver was drunk, not because he didn’t have citizenship. 
Honestly, I’m proud to be in his crosshairs, that means our fight against him is hitting home, that’s good. We’re going to keep it up no matter what he tries. He and his goons are not needed or wanted here. 

Bellabbey1236

Once again, they dont actually give a shit 

https://youtu.be/HGjs1iStqmc?si=RBnKa0b2xNQywHey

ls7eveen

too bad he wasn’t a white guy at an expensive university, everyone knows those kids are allowed to drink and drive all they want without the law interfering!

tippybeans

DanielleFlashes

They love using dead females to further their agenda.  It’s fucking sick, they don’t care about these women nor the grief and devastation their families live with.

Zombies8MyChihuahua

And as a result, non-criminals will be targeted most

Motor_Somewhere7565

Immediate_Cost2601

they'll never shy away from an opportunity to politicize someone's death for their own miserable gain and to stoke more cruelty and bigotry.

GraceJoans

Donald Trump is STILL a raging pedophile child rapist and is STILL in the Epstein Files. But okay.

HugeLouSassol

Since no one in ice is a native american will they be arresting themselves?

Ok_Caramel_3923

The only criminals flocking to Chicago are Ice agents.

good-luck-23

Lol so basically the American version of blitzkrieg

Soaked_in_bleach24

Aren't they the ones who sent these migrants over on planes and busses for two years while the Biden admin did literally nothing to stop state sponsored human trafficking?

ButterThyme2241

Lots of people in here reaching over the words "midway" and "blitz" who clearly aren't football fans and missed the reference.

juliuspepperwoodchi

And they just consider anyone who's brown an "illegal" regardless of status.  Super simple from their end.

Fuck these fascist shitbags.

fuzztooth

“In honor of” = “of all the drunk drivers out here killing cute white women, we found a brown one to justify the domestic terrorism we were gonna do anyway”

clocksailor

https://www.google.com/amp/s/lawandcrime.com/crime/millions-of-people-hated-me-jan-6-defendant-kills-woman-in-drunken-highway-crash-but-avoids-murder-conviction/amp/

I don't think it's the immigrants that are the issue.

I remember this and they had to identify Lauren Wagner by her nail polish because her body was so mutilated.

Also the long list of GOP pedophiles.

Crumbs1nmybed

What the fuck.  Citizens don’t drink and drive?  I’m so sick of this administration and their unending bullshit.

kryppla

It's amazing just how much their racism drives their under-developed brains. They have to go out of the way to find a murder committed by an undocumented migrant who is Latino to drive a federal mission to inhibit, detain, and harm people in this country. Because I can safely bet that the crimes committed by white MAGA followers are exponentially higher than those committed by undocumented migrants.

theaviationhistorian

The Department of Homeland Security launched 'Operation Midway Blitz' targeting illegal immigrants, sparking mixed reactions regarding immigration policies.

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