Trump officials deny that US citizens have been arrested in immigration raids — but local Chicago reporting has repeatedly shown otherwise

Trump administration officials have repeatedly denied reporting from national media about U.S. citizens being arrested or detained by the Department of Homeland Security in immigration raids across the country. However, local Chicago news outlets have steadily reported on U.S. citizens subjected to aggressive behavior from federal immigration agents — often involving physical force, wrongful detention or arrest, and lack of immediate legal recourse — ramping up during “Operation Midway Blitz,” part of a series of DHS immigration sweeps that began targeting the city in September.