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On the recordNovember 20, 2025
you heard the speeches. We all did. Donald Trump, the President of the United States, speaking to cheering crowds at rallies, he would say, inevitably: Murderers, rapists, terrorists, the criminally insane, sexual predators that came into this country illegally, we are going to remove them. He made that promise over and over again. Well, in Chicago, IL, we have seen what those words have led to. For almost 3 months, Chicago, in my home State of Illinois, has been under attack by President Trump since he launched what he calls Operation Midway Blitz. During that time, chaos and terror have reigned supreme. This operation isn't just targeting the 'worst of the worst'--the rapists, the murderers, the terrorists, the criminally insane. That is what he promised. But American citizens--legal residents of the United States-- and immigrants who have built their lives and raised their families here and pose no threat to public safety have been the actual targets. A court forced the administration to come clean on this: Just how many of these dangerous, worst-of-the-worst criminals are you arresting, deporting in the process of Operation Midway Blitz? The administration finally released their numbers. Six hundred people have been arrested under Operation Midway Blitz: 600 terrorists, rapists, murderers, criminally insane--except that is not the truth at all.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Addressing the impact of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago and its effects on immigrants and citizens.

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