Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs

Federal agents repelled out of a Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a Chicago South Shore apartment building on September 30, 2025.

In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.

(Image credit: Sergio Martínez-Beltrán)