Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During #Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/feds-repeatedly-lied-and-misled-the-public-during-chicago-immigration-crackdown-federal-judge-rules/
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino and #immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own internal reports.
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#Deposition of #BorderPatrol Cmdr #GregBovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows
The recent deposition of #CBP Cmdr #Bovino about the #UseOfForce by his #immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz” seemed to go off the rails the minute they said “hello.”
#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/deposition-gregory-bovino-transcript/
A number of Democratic lawmakers are questioning the legality of a #BorderPatrol predictive intelligence program that singles out & detains drivers for suspicious travel inside the country.
Sen #EdMarkey (D-MA) sent a letter to #CBP’s parent agency calling the license plate reader program an “invasive #surveillance network” that “poses a serious threat to individuals’ #privacy & #CivilLiberties” & said it may run afoul of the #US #Constitution.
#law #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-surveillance-license-plate-readers-immigration-5daca3741b28c55374912d8eebeec8db
New Report Highlights How #CBP and #BorderPatrol are Becoming a Repressive Internal #Intelligence Agency
#privacy
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/border-patrol-alpr-dragnet
Federal Judge Spends Most Of 233 Pages Calling Out DHS, ICE, CBP, Border Patrol For Their Lies
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The judge said that the government's characterization of #Chicago as being overrun with criminals is untrue
(same url) #ICE #BorderPatrol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/21/judge-hands-down-critical-review-of-federal-immigration-agents-unprecedented-use-of-force
Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops – The Washington Post
Border Patrol agents stand outside a Home Depot during an immigration crackdown on Nov. 19, 2025, in Charlotte. (John Moore / Getty Images)Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops
As undocumented immigrants stayed home and federal agents swept through the city, even the wealthiest neighborhoods got a glimpse of what life without migrants might look like.
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 a.m. ESTYesterday at 9:21 a.m. EST
8 min, (Video: Erin Patrick O’Connor, Teo Armus/The Washington Post)
Border Patrol agents stand outside a Home Depot during an immigration crackdown on Nov. 19, 2025, in Charlotte. (John Moore/Getty Images)
By Teo Armus and Arelis R. Hernández
CHARLOTTE — The gourmet pasta shop surrounded by million-dollar Colonials might not be the most obvious spot for clues abouthow hundreds of U.S. Border Patrol officers have swept across this city in recent days.
Pasta & Provisions, a longtime local favorite in the Myers Park neighborhood, is more popular among well-to-do bankers who populate the city’s soaring financial office buildings than with the working-class immigrants who flocked here to help build that skyline. There is little Spanish spoken outside the shop’s kitchen.
But as armed federal agents in unmarked SUVs poured into North Carolina’s largest city, the store was not immune from the Trump administration’s targeted immigration enforcement operation that launched Nov. 15.
“It’s taking a toll everywhere,” said the pasta store’s owner, Tommy George, who took shifts washing dishes after one employee’s husband had been detained in the sweep. “In a way, the consequences are in every neighborhood.”
Local officials said they were told the operation has ended, although the Department of Homeland Security — which said it had arrested about 370 people as of Friday — said that “Operation Charlotte’s Web” will continue indefinitely.
The U.S. Border Patrol made over 300 arrests and clashed with protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina, during their weeklong operation that began on Nov. 15. (Video: Erin Patrick O’Connor, Teo Armus/The Washington Post)
The effect on George’s business is emblematic of how the Border Patrol operation has rippled across the lines of race and class that have long divided this city, spilling into tony neighborhoods where many residents gave little thought to how President Donald Trump’s deportation push would affect them.
While the enforcement operation — like similar ones in Los Angeles, Boston, Washington and Chicago — has had its most visible impact on the city’s immigrant corridors, it has offered a broader glimpse of what life might be like across Charlotte without the boomingimmigrant communities whose members have gone into virtual hiding, including skipping work and school.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops – The Washington Post
#borderPatrol #charlotte #countryClubs #ice #immigrationAndCustomsEnforcementIce #largestNcCity #mecklenburgCounty #northCarolina #stateRaids #sting #theWashingtonPost #upscaleShops
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A man condemning #ICE and #BorderPatrol Agents: "Why did my grandfather fight Nazis?! Why did I fight Al-qaeda for you f***g Nazis, January 6, f***g Proud Boy little b***s to destroy this nation?!"
The case is one of the most closely watched at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse tied to the #deportation campaign known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” That’s especially true after the feds agreed Thursday to drop an assault case against a woman shot by a #BorderPatrol agent.
There have now been at least 10 cases tied to the #immigration blitz that have been dismissed [because they’ve been total BS, where #ICE &/or #CBP were at fault].
New details about the case involving an alleged $10k bounty on the head of US #BorderPatrol Cmdr Greg #Bovino have been revealed in an unsealed court document, including texts feds say show a street gang’s response to Bovino’s #immigration blitz.
US Dist Judge Joan Lefkow ordered the document unsealed days before a Tues hearing, during which attys for Juan Espinoza Martinez are expected to argue for his release from custody.
#law #Trump #Chicago #CBP #RacialProfiling
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/21/new-details-alleged-bounty-bovinos-head-revealed-unsealed-court-records
They are then aggressively questioned & searched, with no inkling that the roads they drove put them on law enforcement’s radar.
Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the #BorderPatrol has built a #surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions & connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects.
#law #immigration #FourthAmendment #MilitaryState #ShowMeYourPapers #Trump #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
The #US #BorderPatrol is monitoring millions of American #drivers nationwide in a secretive program to ID & detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, AP found.
The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched & in some cases arrested.
#law #surveillance #immigration #FourthAmendment #Constitution #MilitaryState #ShowMeYourPapers #Trump #tyranny #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-22-One-Must+Read
Man who threw sandwich at US border agent not guilty of assault (bbc.com)
After #BorderPatrol announced a temporary withdrawal from the city, thousands gathered in Charlotte, NC, in solidarity with the immigrant community.
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” resulted in more than 130 arrests, according to #DHS officials.
https://x.com/BTnewsroom/status/1992067028052488664
#solidarity v. #racism #lawfare
#immigration #ice #trump #Charlotte #charlottesWeb #surveillance #usa #democracy #nokings #mastodon @democracy @blackvoices #northcarolina #tiktok #instagram #tech #resistance #protest
September Arrest, Deportation Of Firefighter Shows The Administration Just Wants Brown People Gone
#BorderPatrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns
Cops Used #Flock to #Monitor #NoKings #Protests Around the Country
Police departments and officials from #BorderPatrol used Flock’s automatic license plate reader ( #ALPR ) cameras to monitor protests hundreds of times around the country during the last year, including No Kings protests in June and October, according to data obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @eff ).
#privacy #flocksafety
https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-monitor-no-kings-protests-around-the-country/
#DHS chaos escalates to DANGEROUS levels of confusion in #Charlotte, #NorthCarolina as the Mayor, Sheriff and DHS officials making opposing announcements about #BorderPatrol agents concluding their operation in the city after WIDESPREAD PROTESTS erupt.
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