Operation Midway Blitz in numbers: Roughly 3,800 detained, and 2,500 deported, most with no criminal record
New data from Operation Midway Blitz offers some surprising, and some expected, revelations on those detained and deported.
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Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
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Los arrestos del ICE aumentan en Chicago bajo el gobierno de Trump, muchos sin condenas, según muestran los datos
Con la administración Trump impulsando una aplicación de la ley de inmigración mucho más agresiva en todo el país y en Chicago, un análisis del Tribune de los datos recientemente...