作为国土安全部“中途突击行动”(Operation Midway Blitz)的一部分，联邦特工周二突袭了芝加哥的劳恩代尔社区，这是该市移民执法的一次激增。
移民和海关执法局(ICE)的特工与酒精、烟草和火器局(ATF)的特工一起逮捕了三名男子，他们说这三人是黑帮成员。
美国广播公司首席司法记者皮埃尔·托马斯采访了ice行动的负责人，该行动的目标是非法入境的刑事犯。
“我们在谈论任何地方，从最恶劣的儿童性犯罪者到杀人、入室盗窃、人身攻击、家庭暴力，无所不包。“每个人都犯了罪，但我们主要关注的是那些我们想从街上赶走的人，他们将是我们的十恶不赦的罪犯，”ICE执法和清除行动的代理主任Marco Charles告诉ABC新闻。
负责ATF的助理特工乔纳森·马尼夫(Jonathan Maniff)表示，他们正在调查Tren de Aragua (TdA)团伙可能进行的枪支贩运。
“这项调查始于我们的犯罪枪支情报中心和包括ICE在内的15个合作机构。在这次行动中，我们确认了30名涉嫌在芝加哥地区贩卖枪支的TdA团伙成员。
国土安全部助理部长Tricia McLaughlin在一份声明中说:“DHS正在发起中途突击行动，以纪念凯蒂·亚伯拉罕，她在伊利诺伊州被一名非法犯罪的外国人杀害，他本不应该在我们的国家。”周一宣布的这项行动是芝加哥地区为期30天的联邦移民执法行动的一部分。
伊利诺伊州州长JB Pritzker在周二的新闻发布会上表示，这次行动给该市居民带来了恐惧。
“坦率地说，我们社区的人们很害怕。他们害怕走出家门，他们害怕去购物，他们害怕带自己的孩子去上学，因为他们有混合身份的家庭，”普利兹克说。
Chicago immigration enforcement surge begins with 3 arrests: ICE
Federal agents descended on Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood on Tuesday as part of the Department of Homeland Security's "Operation Midway Blitz," a surge of immigration enforcement in the city.
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agents arrested three men they say are suspected gang members.
ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas spoke with the head of the ICE operation targeting criminal offenders who are in the U.S. illegally.
"We're talking anywhere from the most egregious child sex offender to homicide, burglary, assault, domestic violence, it runs the gamut. It's everybody that's committed crime, but the ones we're going to primarily focus on, the ones that we want to get off the streets are going to be our heinous criminals," Marco Charles, acting director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, told ABC News.
ATF Assistant Special agent in Charge Jonathan Maniff said they are investigating possible gun trafficking by the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.
"This investigation started through our crime gun intelligence center with our 15 partner agencies that include ICE. And during this operation, we identified 30 TdA suspected gang members that were selling firearms in the Chicagoland area," Maniff said.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, "DHS is launching Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham, who was killed in Illinois by a criminal illegal alien who should have never been in our country." The operation, which was announced Monday, is part of a 30-day federal immigration enforcement surge in the Chicago area.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said during a press conference on Tuesday that the operation is putting fear in the hearts of the city's residents.
"People are frankly afraid in our communities. They're afraid to come out of their homes, they're afraid to go shopping, they are afraid to take their own children to school because they have mixed-status households," Pritzker said.
