ICE, Border Patrol Douse Chicago With Tear Gas Amid ‘Midway Blitz,’ Testing TRO Limits
The Washington Post|Nov 1, 2025
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Video and eyewitness accounts show ICE and Border Patrol repeatedly deploying tear gas and pepper balls across Chicago neighborhoods under Operation Midway Blitz, hitting protesters, journalists and clergy and exposing bystanders. Despite a federal TRO limiting use of chemical agents on nonthreatening crowds, footage indicates continued deployments beyond Broadview. DHS defends the tactics as necessary for officer safety as legal challenges mount over training, tactics and constitutional limits.
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