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Dramatic Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims. Dozens of Venezuelan migrants were detained in a September raid, with officials alleging they are members of the dangerous Tren de Aragua gang. Ali Rogin discussed more with Melissa Sanchez of ProPublica. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Well, there were more arrests in the Chicago area today as protesters clashed with police in a demonstration outside an ICE facility.

0:08.8

Four officers were injured and 21 people were arrested after a fight broke out.

0:13.8

Protesters are demanding an end to ICE's methods and raids that have been a constant in Chicago since the administration launched what it called

0:21.3

Operation Midway Blitz in September.

0:24.2

The allegations around a number of those raids are being sharply questioned.

0:28.3

The latest comes from a new investigation by ProPublica that finds a recent raid hailed by the

0:33.4

Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims.

0:38.8

Ali Rogan tells us more.

0:41.1

Omna, the raid on September 30th is etched into the minds of some residents after they watched

0:46.4

hundreds of federal agents repel from Black Hawk helicopters, used drones and flashbag grenades

0:52.6

to storm an apartment building in the city's south shore neighborhood.

0:57.1

Dozens of Venezuelan migrants who were found to be undocumented were detained,

1:01.6

with officials alleging they are members of a dangerous gang called Tren de Aragua,

1:06.1

which has been designated as a terrorist group.

1:08.8

But the investigation by ProPublica paints a different picture.

1:12.5

It found that many of those arrested had no criminal records, and the government has provided

1:17.2

no evidence tying them to terrorism. I'm joined by Melissa Sanchez, who co-authored this article

1:22.9

after a month's long investigation. Melissa, thank you so much for joining us. First of all, what have

1:28.8

government officials been saying in order to justify this raid? And what did your reporting find out?

1:35.6

Well, the government has claimed that the Venezueleng, the Venezuelan Gang, Trinderawa had taken

1:41.8

over this building on the south side of Chicago and that there were

1:45.1

guns and explosives and drugs inside the building. But our reporting has found little evidence to back up

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