United States: Woman shot by ICE officers during mobilization for migrant rights

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In the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers shot a woman during civil protests outside the Illinois ICE facilities. The demonstration was violently dispersed by police, highlighting what activists describe as the criminalization of the fight for migrant rights. The mobilization occurred within the framework of Operation Midway Blitz, a federal campaign that has resulted in over 900 detentions. The operation has drawn criticism for alleged illegal detentions and for intensifying tensions between local inclusion policies and a federal agenda shaped by the Trump administration’s anti-migrant rhetoric.  #teleSUREnglish #MigrantRights #ICEProtest #OperationMidwayBlitz #IllinoisMobilization #HumanRightsUSA

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00:00Welcome back.

00:01In the United States, immigration and customs enforcement officers shot a woman during a

00:06civil protest in front of the Illinois ICE facilities.

00:10The protest in front of the ICE facilities was violently dispersed by police officers,

00:14evidence of the criminalization of the fight for migrant rights.

00:18The mobilization occurred in the context of the controversial Operation Midway Blitz,

00:23a federal campaign that has recorded over 900 detentions.

00:27The operation has not only been criticized for illegal detentions, but also fuels the

00:32conflict between local inclusion policies and the federal agenda that responds to the

00:37hate field rhetoric driven by the Trump administration.

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