ProPublicaFeb 4

Documents Reveal Real Reason for Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
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The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”

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Show thread-rbFeb 7
@ProPublica I wonder if the broke landlord got a kickback from ice in exchange for the “tip”.
Show threadCM Thiede
@dashrb @ProPublica Certainly got free muscle to enforce rules the landlord wasn't capable of enforcing on their own without looking mean.
Feb 8 at 8:05pmWeb