ICE nabs more than 1,000 people in single operation

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00:00Ice nabs more than 1,000 people in single operation.

00:04Operation Midway Blitz, a crackdown targeting undocumented immigrants protected by Illinois'

00:09sanctuary policies, led to the arrest of more than 1,000 individuals, the Department of

00:15Homeland Security announced.

00:16Led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol, the operation honored

00:21Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunk driving accident in Illinois.

00:26The drunk driver, Julio Kukulbol, was later revealed to be an undocumented immigrant.

00:31The initiative aimed to remove the worst of the worst from Chicago and other areas across

00:35the state, according to DHS.

00:38Speaking about the operation, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin revealed,

00:43During Operation Midway Blitz, our brave DHS law enforcement has made more than 1,000

00:48arrests across Illinois, including of child abusers, kidnappers, gang members, and armed

00:53robbers.

00:55One of those Ice took into custody was Rafael Alberto Tolentino Martinez, an illegal immigrant

01:04from Mexico convicted of aggravated domestic battery against a three-year-old.

01:09Another was Pedro Avendano Andres, also from Mexico, who had previously been arrested for

01:14domestic battery, aggravated battery, and endangering a child, according to a DHS press release.

01:20Before the announcement, federal agents arrested more than a dozen protesters outside an ice-processing

01:25center in Broadview, Illinois.

01:27DHS Secretary Kristi Noem also revealed that she and her staff were refused entry to a government

01:32building in Broadview when they stopped to use the restroom.