Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

Key points

• Chicago-area police officers took part in an undercover operation by Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to newly released documents. The operation targeted an April 2 talk in Bridgeport, Chicago, where speakers from Minneapolis discussed organising during a federal immigration surge.
• The documents describe a joint task force of local officers and federal agents using undercover agents, recordings and licence-plate data to monitor attendees. Chicago police say their work was permitted under Illinois law, as it related to criminal enforcement.
• The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois called the surveillance very troubling.