ICE conducts raid at Bronzeville shelter; arrests made

CHICAGO (WGN) – More ICE arrests were made in Chicago on Wednesday, this time at a shelter in Bronzeville.

For security reasons, shelter directors asked WGN-TV not to reveal the shelter’s exact location, but said the ICE team, as seen before, rolled in without any advanced waring.

“About 9:15 a.m. this morning, seven unmarked cars showed up, jumped out of cars and immediately gave chase,” Caryl R. West of Bright Star Community Development Corp said.

Surveillance cameras captured that chase in Bronzeville to the distress of others.

“We were also traumatized by what was happening and how we had to watch our residents suffer, and they’ve clearly been through so much trauma,” West said. “There’s a lot of anxiety whether or not they’re coming back.”

Surveillance cameras caught at least one of Wednesday’s arrests.

The news comes as new details about Tuesday’s raid at 75th and South Lakeshore Drive in South Shore come in. Tuesday’s raid is said to be largest immigration enforcement raid so far in Chicago during “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Spokespeople for the Department of Homeland Security said at least 37 people were arrested on Tuesday.

So far, there is no official word on how many people were arrested on Wednesday, though shelter directors said at least four people were arrested Wednesday morning, with one of those four later released.