Get deadly ice rocks Chicago rocks in the “mid -road” migration campaign



This week, Chicago was at the center of a federal campaign called Midway Blitz – an increase in the enforcement of immigration that brought more arrests than usual. Officials say they are targeting non -documented immigrants who committed crimes. But the start raised a big violent reaction.

The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson explained his position clearly, as he wrote on X: “Chicago does not want to see the enforcement of unconstitutional, unconstitutional immigration in our city.”

Here is the importance of this: fear spreads quickly. Fear of people does not stop without papers – it leaks into entire societies. Parents worry about whether it is safe to move their children to school. Workers worry about accessing their jobs. Families feel the effect of ripples, even if the ice is not looking for.

But this story took a devastating role on Friday. The federal authorities say that Silverfas Veligas Gonzalez, 38, has resisted her arrest, tried to escape, and withdrew the ice officer with his car. This officer, then shot and killed. The Ministry of Internal Security says the agent is afraid of his life.

Let’s be clear: no officer should put his safety at risk while doing their work. This is not fine. However, Gonzalez’s story does not end there.

Illinois, the United States of Representative Delia Ramirez, said he had just left his children at school before he was shot. Think about it for a second – the last moments of the father who spoke immediately after he said goodbye to his children. Johnson called it “a tragedy that can be avoided.” JB Pritzker said, “The Illinois people deserve completely realistic accountability for what happened today to ensure transparency and accountability,” said JB Pritzker.

The truth is that this is not the first time that the tragedy has followed these processes like Blitz. In southern California, two immigrants have died in recent months while trying to escape from federal raids – one of them falling from a greenhouse, and another was shocked by a car while running on a highway.

Here is the biggest picture: The immigration application should not look like this. If the goal is to keep the violent perpetrators outside the streets, then federal agents and local authorities must work together instead of organizing these sudden raids that go up to chaos. With coordination, we can prevent more parents from death – and prevent more officers from pulling cars in the first place.

At the end of the day, crime control takes more than one raid. It takes a long -term strategy, accountability, and yes, humanity. Fear may get newspaper headlines, but coordination saves lives.

Lindsey Granger is a contributor to News Nation and a host in the Hill Comment Show “RISING”. This column is copies edited for hanging on the air. 

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