Trump’s immigration raids continue through Halloween in Chicago and Los Angeles | US immigration

Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants continued on Halloween night, and federal agents were spotted in Chicago and Los Angeles on the holiday, according to multiple reports.

Scores of people were detained in Chicago, where the president released military troops to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as agents made arrests and pushed back protesters. arrested on Friday. ICE agents raided the city and suburbs as part of their operation, and protesters were also detained during clashes with law enforcement.

A chaotic scene in Evanston, an Illinois suburb, was captured on video by scores of viewers Friday after a car rear-ended a vehicle with an internal combustion engine. In the published images New York TimesThe officers are seen arguing and pinning two men to the ground, demanding the others “get the hell out of here.”

The fight occurred one block away from a nearby middle school and elementary school.

At a press conference held in front of the middle school, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss criticized ICE for what he described as an attack.

“Just today, ICE agents attacked Evanston residents, beat people, captured people, kidnapped people, took people off the streets,” Biss said. “This is a disgrace.”

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, ICE agents have been wearing Halloween-style face masks in recent days as they move around areas where they conduct enforcement activities. Local news site LA TACO published images Agents wearing disturbing masks, including one modeled after the horror movie character Chucky. When the outlet reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment, a spokesperson responded: “Happy Halloween!”

The clashes came after Illinois’ Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, wrote a letter to Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, requesting a pause in immigration enforcement activities over the holiday weekend.

“Illinois children should not have their innocence stolen,” Pritzker wrote. Please let children be children for a holiday, free from fear and fear.

In response to Noem in question at a press conference: “No, we have absolutely no intention of pausing any of our work to keep communities safe.”

Pritzker later wrote on social media that “Noem must love Halloween because she always dresses up in law enforcement attire, but what’s truly shameful is that she refuses to agree that we shouldn’t trick or treat kids who use tear gas.”

The chaos seen on Halloween also came after months of tension after Trump sent the national guard into multiple Democratic cities, including Chicago, New York, Portland and Los Angeles.

In Washington, D.C., where about 2,400 National Guard troops are stationed, federal officers often intervene in situations that fall under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement.

On Halloween night, the local Metropolitan Police Department, along with the National Guard, messy A group of people they accused of being “disorderly” in the city’s Navy Yard neighborhood.