Ranking Democrats on Two Congressional Committees Are Demanding an Investigation and Expressing “Outrage” Over an Aggressive Immigration Raid on A South Shore Last Week.
The Department of Homeland Security Said Federal Agents with Border Patrol, The Fbi and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 People in the Raid on Oct. 1 at 7500 S. South Shore Drive.
But Rodrick Johnson, A US Citizen, Told the Chicago Sun-Times Agents Broken Through His Door and Dragged Him Out in Zip Ties. A Resident in the NeighBorhood Said She Saw Agents Dragging Residents, Including Kids, Out of the Building With Any Clothes on and Putting The U-Haul Vans.
Johnson Said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let Him go.
Democrats on the community on Homeland Security and the House Committee on the Judiciary Joined Illinois Democrats Reps. Delia Ramirez and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia on Monday in Sending a Letter to US attorney General Pam bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Demanded Answers About the Raid. Democrats Sending the Letter Called the Raid A “Violent, Heavy-Handed Immigration Enforcement Operation” that traumatized a Neighborhod, Put children at risk and detail USA.
“Treating a US City Like a War Zone is intolerable,” They wrote in the letter. “We urge you to end Such Violent, Middle of the Night Operations that traumatize entire communities and put innocent me, Women and Children, Including US Citizens, at Risk.”
The Letter Asks Noem and Bondi for Details Information About the Raid, Including Proof of Warrants, The Number of Criminal and Administrative Arrests and the Number of Arrests Who Had Active Warrants.
They’re also assert for the number of train de aragua members that were arrested, and the number of individuals placed under detection during the operation. And they’re ascing for the number of US Citizens arrestted, and logistics about the raid, including why children were zip-tied and why Helicopters were needed.
Federal Authorities CLAIMED The South Shore NeighBorhood was “a location known to be frequented by train de aragua Members and their Associates,” but gave no evidence to support the assertion, and authorities did not confirm any of the People arrested were members.
Alleged Train de Aragua Members have been charged and detail in the city as recently as august. But the chicago sun-we have found littleness Tying say to violence in chicago.
Gov. JB Pritzker Last Week Directs Directs Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to Evaluate How Children Were Treated the Raid.
Pritzker Said the two State Agencies Will Contact Families and Children Affective by the Raid to Gather Information. If they Receive allegations of suspect abuse or neglect by federal agents, the governor said the states Move to Hold the Agents Accountable.
“IMAGINE BEING A CHILD AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY A BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER LANDING ON YOUR ROOF. IMAGINE AN ARMED STRANGER ENTERING YOUR HOME AND FORCIBLY REMOVING YOU FROM BED, ZIP-TYING YOUR HANDS. Pritzker Told Monday Reporters. “That didn’t open in some far away autorian regime. It happened right here in chicago, right here in the United States.”
In Addition to Ramirez and Garcia, the Letter is Signed by the Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., As well as reps. J. Luis Correa, D-Calif., And Shri Thanedar, D-Mich. IT’S ALSO SIGNED BY THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITE ON THE JUDICIARY, REP. Jamie Raskin, D-MD., And reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., And Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA.
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