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On the recordDecember 2, 2025
For more than 3 months, Chicago has endured President Trump's Operation Midway Blitz. It is a cruel campaign that swept up innocent citizens, legal American residents, and immigrants who pose absolutely no threat to public safety. Remember why the President wanted to send troops and more resources to the Department of Homeland Security into the city of Chicago? Because he was going after 'the worst of the worst.' He was going after terrorists, murderers, rapists, the criminally insane who somehow got into this country, and he was going to make it safer by going after them. What has actually happened? The Trump administration justified their actions by saying that they were going after 'the worst of the worst,' but what happened was just the opposite. Federal agents, under President Trump, have used excessive force in Chicago while patrolling our streets, including deploying pepper balls and tear gas into crowds, using zip ties to contain women and children, and physically tackling peaceful protesters to the ground. If you think I am making this up, virtually everything I just said is verified by video. In a hearing challenging the treatment of press and protesters by Federal immigration agents, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said the 'use of force shocks the conscience' and 'this conduct shows no sign of stopping.'
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the impact of President Trump's Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.

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