General Discussion

What happens now? For DHS, the raid seemed to achieve its goal. Not long after, the agency published a short video of the raid, with Hollywood-style visuals of young Hispanic men being led away in cuffs. As with much of “Operation Midway Blitz”, as the immigration crackdown in Chicago is officially called, the production of video content seems to be a priority. On September 25th border-patrol boats made a show of prowling the Chicago River downtown, perhaps looking for migrants on an architecture cruise. Professional videographers have been spotted filming Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary, at an immigration facility in Broadview, a western suburb of the city.

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. . . On October 5th the administration confirmed the National Guard had been called out to the city; if judges allow it, there will be plenty more opportunities to create video content (emphasis added ).