29.09.2025 09:51
Federal agents, deployed on the streets by Trump's order, launched an operation in Chicago to capture illegal immigrants. In the city center, agents fired plastic bullets at some individuals they targeted, while others were taken into custody with reverse handcuffs.
An operation held over the weekend in Chicago, USA, has sparked controversy. Federal agents, acting under the direct orders of former President Donald Trump, launched a large-scale operation targeting illegal immigrants in the city center.
THEY INTERVENED WITH PLASTIC BULLETS
During the operation, special units conducting routine patrols in the city center reportedly intervened with plastic bullets against individuals they suspected to be immigrants. According to eyewitness accounts, agents forced some individuals to the ground and detained them with reverse handcuffs. Civilians who witnessed the incident claimed that security forces were "targeting random people."
The anti-immigrant policies that frequently came to the fore during Trump's presidency, particularly concentrated at the Mexico border, now seem to have been brought to the heart of Chicago. Federal units acting on Trump's orders announced that they aim to identify and deport illegal immigrants "hiding" in cities. However, the methods of the operation have drawn sharp criticism from human rights advocates.
REACTIONS ARE GROWING LIKE AN AVALANCHE
Civil society organizations and immigrant rights advocates in Chicago made urgent statements following the incident, calling on the federal government. In a statement from the American Immigration Rights Association, it was stated, "Randomly selecting people on the street and shooting them with plastic bullets is more fitting for authoritarian regimes than for a rule of law."