A person holds a sign reading "ICE out now" as they rally at Grant Park during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Chicago on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests against US President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance. It is the third time in less than a year that Americans will take to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called "No Kings," the most vocal and visual conduit for opposition to Trump since he began his second term in January 2025. (Credit: Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
The convoys and viral takedown footage that made Operation Midway Blitz impossible to ignore last fall have mostly disappeared from Back of the Yards, Gage Park, and Brighton Park. What's replaced them is smaller and harder to track: a car idling near a corner for a few minutes, an arrest made steps from a courthouse door, agents gone before a crowd can gather. Federal immigration enforcement in Chicago has gotten quieter. It has not gotten smaller.
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