PRITZKER BRIEFS POPE ON ICE’S ‘MIDWAY BLITZ’: 3,300 CHICAGO ARRESTS, JUDGE CALLS BROADVIEW ‘CRUEL’

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker met Pope Leo XIV in Rome to discuss the federal immigration crackdown tied to Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region. The story cites about 3,300 arrests, documented clashes and tear gas near the Broadview ICE facility, and a judge’s finding that detention conditions were “unnecessarily cruel.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned mass deportations, and the pope urged humane, lawful treatment of migrants. The meeting elevates political and humanitarian scrutiny of ICE tactics in the Chicago metro.