ICE announces new ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ to arrest illegal immigrants in Chicago area

ICE announced it was swarming officers to Illinois Monday to arrest illegal immigrants whom the agency said had been protected by the state’s sanctuary laws. Homeland Security officials dubbed the push “Operation Midway Blitz” and said it’s meant to counter “criminal illegal aliens” who have moved to Chicago to take advantage of its refusal to turn migrants over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Department officials particularly name-checked Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a vocal Trump critic, for defending the sanctuary policies. “For years, Governor Pritzker and his fellow sanctuary politicians...