Since the Trump administration launched the so-called Operation Midway Blitz on September 8, federal immigration agents have been carrying out arrests across Illinois, targeting individuals described by the Department of Homeland Security as "pedophiles, abusers, rapists, and other violent thugs."
On September 16, DHS and several news outlets reported that Secretary Kristi Noem had joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during a raid in Elgin, Illinois, where several people were detained, including two U.S. citizens who were briefly held before being released.
