As of 2025-11-13, Operation Midway Blitz has included tactics such as agents rappelling from Black Hawk helicopters during middle-of-the-night apartment raids, deploying overwhelming force in recreational areas, and launching tear gas amid protests.
November 13, 2025
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Descriptions of tactics reported as part of a named immigration enforcement operation.
By 2025-11-05, Operation Midway Blitz had resulted in more than 3,000 immigration arrests in the Chicago area since early September 2025.
November 05, 2025
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Cumulative arrest total reported for a named immigration enforcement operation in the Chicago area.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that its Operation Midway Blitz campaign was associated with a 16% drop in murders, a 35% reduction in shootings, and a 20% decrease in transit crime in Chicago after the campaign began in September 2025.
September 10, 2025
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Crime-reduction outcomes attributed by Homeland Security officials to a targeted CBP enforcement campaign in Chicago.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported that in fiscal year 2024 there were approximately 330,000 ICE removals and approximately 447,600 CBP returns.
September 30, 2024
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DHS publishes enforcement counts broken out by removals (ICE) and returns (CBP) in its statistics database for fiscal years.
Operation Midway Blitz is an enforcement operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that the Department of Homeland Security describes as aimed at protecting American communities from crime the agencies associate with sanctuary policies.
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Stated purpose and leading agencies for a named enforcement operation.
Operation Midway Blitz is a federal law enforcement operation in the Chicago area designed to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants.
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Named federal enforcement initiative referenced in reporting about immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.
Operation Midway Blitz is a named federal immigration enforcement operation that targets undocumented immigrants residing in Illinois.
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Describes the stated geographic focus and enforcement target of a federal operation.
Operation Midway Blitz is a joint immigration enforcement campaign conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol aimed at apprehending criminal noncitizens and fugitives with prior deportation orders.
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Article describes Operation Midway Blitz as a joint ICE and Border Patrol campaign targeting criminal illegal immigrants and fugitives with prior deportation orders.