Illinois Accountability Commission Chair Judge Rubén Castillo, Vice Chair Patricia Brown Holmes and Commissioner Susan Gzesh listen to public comments at the Dec. 18 commission meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
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- The Illinois Accountability Commission held its first public meeting Thursday to review and document misconduct of federal immigration agents in Chicago.
- The commission heard testimony from medical experts and witnesses detailing the health and psychological impacts of chemical weapons used on protesters and bystanders during the federal administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign.
- Commenters at the meeting asked the commission to recommend that the state drop charges against those who were arrested while protesting at ICE’s Broadview detention facility.
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CHICAGO — A newly formed commission heard sobering testimony about federal agents’ excessive use of force, just days after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino was spotted back in the city.
The Illinois Accountability Commission held its first public meeting Thursday in the city’s Little Village neighborhood to compile an official public record of misconduct by federal agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign this fall…