--- title: Children Caught Up In 'Military-Style' ICE Raid in Chicago description: Chicago ICE raid saw children taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents, according to witnesses. canonical: https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/ author: Rebecca Schneid article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-04T16:58:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-11T00:22:15.907Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics og:description: Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid. og:url: https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5463f09a2f2889e/6998ca697323af09d72bce90/GettyImages-2237527904.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Protest outside ICE processing center in Illinois og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics twitter:description: Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5463f09a2f2889e/6998ca697323af09d72bce90/GettyImages-2237527904.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Military-Style' ICE Raid On Chicago Apartment Building Shows Escalation in Trump’s Crackdown > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel, and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino stand together amidst a tense protest outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on September 27, 2025.Jacek Boczarski—Anadolu via Getty Images  by [Rebecca Schneid](https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/)  ## Rebecca Schneid Reporter Oct 4, 2025 4:58 PM UTC At around 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, armed federal agents rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of a five-storey residential apartment in the South Shore of [Chicago](https://time.com/7314593/chicago-trump-national-guard-ice/). The agents worked their way through the building, kicking down doors and throwing flash bang grenades, rounding up adults and screaming children alike, detaining them in zip-ties and arresting dozens, according to witnesses and [local reporting](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/27/ice-made-unlawful-arrests-during-operation-midway-blitz-new-court-filing-alleges). The military-style raid was part of a widening immigration crackdown by the Trump Administration in the country’s third-largest city, dubbed [“Operation Midway Blitz,”](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1965082306177122404) which has brought a dramatic increase in federal raids and arrests. It has also drawn outrage throughout Chicago and the state of Illinois, with rights groups and lawmakers claiming it represents a dramatic escalation in tactics used by federal authorities in the pursuit of Trump’s [aggressive immigration crackdown.](https://time.com/7292939/trump-deportations-ice-arrests/) **Read more:** [_White House Anti-Terror Order Targets ‘Anti-Capitalist’ and ‘Anti-American’ Views. Here’s What To Know_](https://time.com/7322106/trump-nspm-7-domestic-terrorism/) Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker accused the federal agents of separating children from their parents, zip-tying their hands, and detaining them in “dark vans” for hours. Videos of the raid show [flashbang grenades erupting on the street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh5yBIxTpc), followed by residents of the building—children among them—[being led to a parking lot across the street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLdyiRiCk4). Photos of the aftermath show toys and shoes littering the apartment hallways that were left in the chaos as people were pulled from their beds by the operation that included FBI and Homeland Security agents. ## 'Military-style tactics' Pritzker [condemned the raid](https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/governor-pritzker-directs-state-agencies-to-evaluate-treatment-of-children-during-federal-raid-in-south-shore) and said that he would work with local law enforcement to hold the agents accountable. “Military-style tactics should never be used on children in a functioning democracy,” he said in a statement on Friday. “​​This didn’t happen in a country with an authoritarian regime – it happened here in Chicago. It happened in the United States of America – a country that should be a bastion of freedom, hope, and the rights of our people as guaranteed by the Constitution,” he added. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has touted some 900 arrests in its Chicago operation since it began in early September, as well as the 37 arrests made in the nighttime raid on Tuesday, all of whom it said were “involved in drug trafficking and distribution, weapons crimes and immigration violators.” The DHS said the building was targeted because it was “known to be frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates,” although it has yet to release the names of those arrested. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted a video [of the raid](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1973796727615598738) on social media, overlaid with dramatic music, showing helicopters shining bright lights onto the apartment, armed agents kicking down doors and leading people out of the building in restraints. > [](https://twitter.com/Sec%5FNoem/status/1974443512017178924) A [DHS spokesperson told CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/us/chicago-apartment-ice-raid) following the raid that children were taken into custody “for their own safety and to ensure these children were not being trafficked, abused or otherwise exploited.” The DHS also said that four children who are U.S. citizens with undocumented parents were taken into custody. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to send federal authorities and troops to Chicago and other Democratic-run cities to assist in immigration raids and to address what he perceives to be rampant crime. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said on Saturday that the president had authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members to Chicago, citing what she called "ongoing violent riots and lawlessness." Gov. Pritzker condemned the deployment as "a manufactured performance." "This morning, the Trump Administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will," Pritzker said in a statement. "It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will." The Trump Administration launched expanded immigration enforcement operations in Chicago [on Sept. 8](https://time.com/7315444/trump-immigration-crackdown-ice-sanctuary-cities/) as part of a wider federal crackdown on [sanctuary cities](http://sanctuary%20cities/) across the country. “This operation will target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said of the operation. Chicago officials [mounted a pushback](https://time.com/7314593/chicago-trump-national-guard-ice/) ahead of the crackdown. The city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, [signed an order ](https://time.com/7313566/chicago-johnson-national-guard-trump-ice/)directing Chicago law enforcement and officials not to cooperate with federal agents and established an initiative intended to protect residents’ rights. The city of Evanston, an urban suburb of Chicago, issued a [statement](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ILEVANSTON/bulletins/3f18899) warning its residents of impending raids by ICE agents and urging them to report sightings of law enforcement. ## Zip-ties and guns In the aftermath of the sweeping raid, residents and city lawmakers have been demanding answers from the federal government. Ed Yohnka, from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU), told MSNBC on Saturday that the raid represented “an escalation of force and violence” from the federal government in Chicago. “What we saw was a full-fledged military operation conducted on the south side of Chicago against an apartment building,” he added. “They just treated us like we were nothing,” Pertissue Fisher,[ a U.S. citizen who lives in the apartment building, told ABC7 Chicago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh5yBIxTpc) in an interview soon after the raid. She said she was then handcuffed, held for hours, and released around 3 a.m. This was the first time she said a gun was ever put in her face. Neighbor Eboni Watson, who witnessed the raid, also told the ABC station that the children were zip-tied—some of them were without clothes—when they were taken out of the residential building by federal agents. “Where’s the morality?” Watson said she kept asking during the raid. **Read More:** [_Trump Vowed His Mass Deportation Efforts Would Target ‘the Worst of the Worst.’ Here’s What the Data Shows_](https://time.com/7321835/trump-immigration-ice-detention-crime-data/) “As a father, I cannot help but think about what it means for a child to be torn from their bed in the middle of the night, detained for no reason other than a show of force,” National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) president Derrick Johnson [said in a statement](https://x.com/NAACP/status/1974172713980764606). “The trauma inflicted on these young people and their families is unconscionable." ICE and DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TIME. ## Protests in the aftermath The increased raids have turned Chicago into a flashpoint in the battle over Trump's crackdown. Protests have increased in across the city in recent weeks over the ICE operations, concentrated outside the ICE detention facility in the suburb of Broadview. One woman was shot by Border Patrol agents during a protest outside the facility on Saturday, the DHS announced. The agency said in a statement that its agents were "were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars," and were forced to fire defensive when "a suspect tried to run them over." “One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon,” spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin [said on social media](https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1974524869892276682). “Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.” The woman was later released from hospital, according to Chicago police. Protests have continued at the facility. ICE’s tactics in the city were also under the spotlight on Friday, when [Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes was handcuffed ](https://x.com/JakeSheridan%5F/status/1974198587979595806?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1974198587979595806%7Ctwgr%5E33304cee4fe603356f166753b4d0378c4e5746e1%7Ctwcon%5Es1%5F&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fwatch-chicago-official-shoved-and-handcuffed-by-ice-at-hospital-mayor-condemns-agents-abusive-tactics%2Farticleshow%2F124300786.cms)by federal immigration agents at a Chicago medical center after questioning agents about their warrant to arrest at the medical center. Chicago's Mayor Johnson called ICE’s tactics “abusive.” The raids come just days after President Trump signaled a desire to make greater use of the U.S. military in American cities during a speech to[ top military leaders](https://time.com/7321940/hegseth-trump-generals-meeting/), as he assailed a “war from within” the nation. “We are under invasion from within,” he said, “no different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways, because they don't wear uniforms.” In the same speech, he called for U.S. cities to be “training grounds” for the military. Trump has frequently singled out Chicago in his long-running feud with Democratic-run cities, [threatening it with his newly named “Department of War.”](https://time.com/7315149/trump-chicago-threat-war-pritzker/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/"},"headline":"'Military-Style' ICE Raid On Chicago Apartment Building Shows Escalation in Trump’s Crackdown","datePublished":"2025-10-04T16:58:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:22:15.907Z","description":"Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid on an apartment building.","url":"https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/","keywords":["Crime","Donald Trump","News Desk","Second click"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5463f09a2f2889e/6998ca697323af09d72bce90/GettyImages-2237527904.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rebecca Schneid","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5463f09a2f2889e/6998ca697323af09d72bce90/GettyImages-2237527904.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protest outside ICE processing center in Illinois","caption":"Protest outside ICE processing center in Illinois","creditText":"Jacek Boczarski—Anadolu via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/","name":"'Military-Style' ICE Raid On Chicago Apartment Building Shows Escalation in Trump’s Crackdown"}}]}] ```