Posted on 11/08/2025 2:24:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A driver fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
DHS said the border patrol agents were "conducting immigration enforcement operations" near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue when a man driving a black Jeep fired shots.
DHS also said people nearby threw a paint can and bricks at the agents' vehicles.
The Chicago Police Department was called to clear the scene. CBS News Chicago has reached out to Chicago police for further details.
No arrests have been made. DHS said the shooter remains at large.
Saturday marked two months since the start of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement effort dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz" began in the Chicago area.
Little Village and Pilsen have been among the hardest Chicago neighborhoods hit by the immigration enforcement operation. In October, there were chaotic scenes as people in the community faced off against federal agents and, in one incident, agents fired tear gas at crowds.
Last week, Little Village leaders called on Mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to enforce his executive order barring federal agents from using city-owned property for immigration enforcement operations, after a video surfaced allegedly showing vehicles with agents inside a parking lot of a Chicago public school.
In response, hundreds of students from Little Village Lawndale High School staged a walkout and protest march opposing the increased immigration enforcement.
DHS said there have been more than 3,000 arrests since the start of Operation Midway Blitz in September. Officials would not say when the operation is expected to end.
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Meh. Probly just another demonicRAT running for office.
Probably the mayor or Governor.
And why didn’t the ICE folks fire back?
Find them and lock them up.
That's what they want. They have come right out and said so.
They are praying for their St. George Floyd martyr, and when the riots come it will make the St. George Floyd riots look like a Sunday picnic.
Probably a couple of housewife/activists.
And they will inevitably get what they want. We had best be considering what to do in the aftermath.
It is only a matter of time and chance until an ICE officer is killed or severely injured by somebody in the mobs. That demands a lethal response. Worse yet, the local police may be under orders to protect the mobs from Federal forces.
Arrests and imprisonment of local political authorities may be required as well as lethal responses to mob violence. The mayors of Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles are already inciting insurrection against the Federal government, as are the governors of the respective states.
We are already past the point where threats of actions and strongly worded press releases have any beneficial effect.
Being a victim or a martyr is highly overrated.
Or somebody looking for a spot in the Walz administration.
You go, Rambo.
I hope that crazy judge up there will finally wake up and realize that the ICE agents are NOT just whistling dixey about how much force they have to use to protect themselves. Further, if an agent is shot and killed under her watch, then she’s an accessory to murder.
Shoot back.
Self-defense is an acceptable reason.
(And don’t miss).
That’s exactly what they want.
The response will make the Saint George Floyd riots look like a Church picnic.
They just got caught in the everyday crossfire in Chicago. High school students staged a walkout, so everything is ok now.
Well, shoot back
The only cops the Communists liked were the J-6 cops who killed the MAGA women.
You're not smart enough to realize that's exactly what they want so they can have their Kent State and Saint George Floyd II riots?
You’re so smart what’s your answer?
“Well, shoot back”
That’s usually what you do in a war.
It’s the cartels:
“The disturbance took place in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, a predominantly Mexican-American community.”
Shoot the buckers!
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