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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New: The family of Silverio Villegas González, who an ICE agent fatally shot last year in Franklin Park, IL, has filed a Federal Tort Claims Act complaint against the federal government. ICE shot Villegas González, a father & Chicagoland resident, at the very beginning of "Operation Midway Blitz."

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Claimant: Jose Villegas Gonzalez, as personal representative
of the Estate of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
8. Basis for the Claim
ICE officers shoot and kill Silverio Villegas Gonzalez during a traffic stop.
On the morning of September 12, 2025, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez drops off his 7 year-old son at school and his 3-year-old son at daycare and heads to work. Silverio had lived
and worked in the United States for about 18 years and was working as a line cook at a local diner.
Silverio was a devoted father. His children lived with him, and he was the primary parent in their
lives. He maintained close relationships with family and was a man of faith. He took his children
to church and to visit a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He had no criminal record and only a
few minor traffic violations.
Soon after Silverio drops off his kids that day, two ICE officers in an unmarked Jeep follow
him on Grand Avenue in Franklin Park, then turn on their emergency lights. The time is
approximately 8:48 a.m.
Silverio pulls over in the rightmost lane. The ICE agents park their Jeep in front of Silverio’s car, blocking his path forward and partially blocking the second lane of traffic. Both
officers get out of their truck and approach Silverio’s small Subaru sedan. Both officers are armed
and wearing protective vests. Neither officer is wearing a body camera, even though ICE policy in
effect at the time requires officers to activate body-worn cameras during enforcement activity.
One officer approaches the passenger-side window while the other subsequently
approaches the driver’s window. The officer on the passenger side taps on the window, and
Silverio rolls the window down. Both officers lean on the car’s window frames to speak with
Silverio. The officer on the driver’s side taps on the window and Silverio rolls the driver-side
window part-way down.

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Approximately ten seconds after the first officer approaches his vehicle, Silverio puts the
car in reverse and backs away from the officers. Both officers keep their hands on the window
frames as the car begins to move. Nothing prevents them from simply stepping away from
Silverio’s car.
The officer on the passenger side of the car steps back, draws his gun and points it at
Silverio’s car. The officer on the driver’s side grabs hold of the top of the driver-side window
rather than step away from the vehicle. Silverio reverses approximately fifty feet then begins to
drive forward into the open lane of traffic.

The officer on the passenger-side runs after Silverio as he drives forward with his gun
still pointing at the car. Then he lowers his gun while continuing to run.

Approximately six seconds after the car begins moving forward, surveillance video
captures the sound of gunshots. Three seconds later, Silverio’s car is heard crashing as it strikes
the underside of a parked delivery truck. The car has traveled approximately 170 feet from the
moment it started moving forward until it crashed.
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Accompanying the text are photos from security footage and witness video that captured the ICE shooting on 9/12/2025.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes

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macci @maccic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Scene from my doorbell camera just now.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 03/10/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-02 20:36:04 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 58 F | 14 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NE at 6 mph | 9 kph // Humidity: 74%

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 03/10/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-02 19:06:04 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 59 F | 15 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: ENE at 3 mph | 5 kph // Humidity: 74%

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rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A John Prine 80th birthday week here, fitting because this is where he was born and where he first picked up guitar and first wrote the songs that worked their way into local hearts and heads for keeps. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/j...

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Column: Back home in Chicago, singer John Prine gets the celebration we’ve been waiting for

As understandably restrained and quiet was the 2020 funeral of John Prine, the upcoming celebrations surrounding what would have been this singer-songwriter’s 80th birthday will be lavish and music-fi...

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 01/10/2026

High-stakes arguments are expected today over potential consequences for federal prosecutors in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case. Read more for live updates.

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'Broadview Six' case returns to court as judge weighs sanctions against feds: Live updates

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Crazy that Big media reporters and pundits aren't doing their homework before churning out these Rahm features. They should be talking to people like Heather Cherone, a respected Chicago reporter who knows a thing or two about Rahm's terms as Mayor.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle

It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted. The verdict is still being read.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

People left flowers yesterday at that Dolly Parton mural, which is at the Lytle House event space, 5517 N. Broadway, Chicago. Gift link to Tribune story and photos: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/25/c...

chicagotribune.com

Chicagoans mourn death of Dolly Parton: ‘How do we go back to normal?’

After Dolly Parton’s family announced her death, Chicagoans flocked to a mural of the singer at Edgewater’s Lytle House.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026

Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026

New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:

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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

More like this coming. "An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge on Wednesday for throwing an activist to the ground near Chicago." This one brought by Cook County prosecutors. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

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ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Near Chicago Pleads Guilty

The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration’s crackdown there.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

💔 Dozens of people have died at the hands of ICE. We held up their names & the dates their lives were taken. 🙏 Thanks to all who spoke, sang, stood vigil, marched with us, & carried the names at Chicago's Disappeared in America action July 25 ❌🧊 In Chicago & across the US, we continue the fight! 🧵

Photo of 8 people standing across the Chicago River from Trump Tower. Each person holds the sign with a name of a victim of ICE and the date they died.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 23/07/2026

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Thursday morning designating July 25 as a statewide day of reflection and remembrance of Emmett and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

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Pritzker signs law designating July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois

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BlueCollarJazz @domguan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Near the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, protesters just marched again in memory of those killed by immigration enforcement. Marchers hold tombstone signs labeled with, and recite the names of over 200 dead since 2018.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Chicago is honoring folk legend John Prine with a 5-day festival. blockclubchi.co/4pzQVys

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is the actual unclassified version of the intelligence community’s review of the 2020 election. It is accurate. Trump will try to convince you it is not. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

dni.gov

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I watch this every few months as a reminder of what we sounded like before devolving into an idiocracy.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It's an Orangey Sky. Saturday's Chicago sunset from across Lake Michigan.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

They tried to hide but I got em anyway

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Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

At last! Tuesday's architecture column critiques the Obama Presidential Center. Last year, I said the museum tower "looks funereal enough to fit in at ... Oak Woods Cemetery." But after spending time last week on the completed campus and inside its buildings, I gotta say I like it.

chicago.suntimes.com

No tower of glower: Obama Center and its maligned signature building are worthy of consideration

The center, its companion buildings, plaza and redesigned park space is among the best urban spaces in the city, maybe second only to Millennium Park.

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 26/05/2026

😂 change dot org petition to troll the crap out of Trump by renaming the street his stupid building is on in Chicago to Obama Ave. c.org/d888HQsCZB

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Sign the Petition

Rename Wabash Ave, to Barack Hussein Obama Ave

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

NEW: Illinois State Police launches investigation into deadly ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke's office says her prosecutors will play a "supportive role." @sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

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Illinois State Police launches investigation into deadly ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González

Franklin Park police asked ISP to investigate on Thursday, when a state commission released a damning report detailing the actions of federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The Illinois Accountability Commission has released its final report on Operation Midway Blitz. The report looked at evidence suggesting a federal effort to suppress dissent, finding "DHS used paramilitary tactics to occupy and impose control in Chicagoland." Full report here:

ilac.illinois.gov

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 12/04/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-04-12 07:06:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 54 F | 12 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SSE at 10 mph | 17 kph // Humidity: 64%

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macci @maccic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Proud of my representative. Why was Noem's son at the meeting? @ramirez.house.gov

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 13/02/2026

📣 Our judicial election guide for the March 2026 primary is here! We spent months researching each candidate’s background, legal experience, political connections, conduct, and more — all so you can make informed decisions about who should be a Cook County judge. buff.ly/O4cRnL6

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March 2026 Cook County Judicial Election Guide | Injustice Watch

Injustice Watch's guide to the March 2026 Cook County judicial primary elections.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 09/02/2026

For those that don't know Chicago, this spans Division Street in Humboldt Park.

An enormous sculptural Puerto Rican flag so large it acts as an arch across the entire street

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/02/2026

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

unraveledpress.com

Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest

One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Marimar Martinez is a hero. She was shot 5 times by ICE. The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire. He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”. DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her. Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.

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Chicago Woman Shot 5 Times By Border Agents Will Testify In Washington Next Week

Marimar Martinez will speak at a federal forum on immigration agents' use of force as she fights to unseal evidence in her now-dropped prosecution.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

On January 8, 2026, petitioner Juan T.R. filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.' The Court issued an order requiring respondents to file an answer no later
than January 12, 2026. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (requiring judges to either "forthwith award
the writ" or order the respondent to show cause, within three days, why the writ should not be granted).

Respondents failed to answer. Accordingly, the Court granted the writ in part
and ordered respondents to afford Juan a bond hearing within seven days or, failing
that, to immediately release him from detention. ECF No. 4.
Respondents neither held a bond hearing within the required time nor released
Juan. ECF No. 6. The Court then issued a show-cause order and scheduled a hearing at
which it ordered the personal appearance of Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE"). ECF No. 7. The Court noted,
however, that if the parties filed a stipulation indicating that Juan had been released, the
Court would cancel the hearing and would not require Lyons to appear. Id. The parties
have now filed such a stipulation (ECF No. 9), and thus, as promised, the Court will
cancel the hearing, and Lyons will not be required to appear.
That does not end the Court's concerns, however. Attached to this order is an
appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of
ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined
to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by
extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that
should have appeared on this list were omitted.
This list should give pause to anyone —no matter his or her political
beliefs— who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in

January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. The
Court warns ICE that future noncompliance with court orders may result in future
show-cause orders requiring the personal appearances of Lyons or other government
officials. ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this
Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are
overturned or vacated
Juan asks that the Court schedule a hearing at which he may present evidence
and argument concerning the hardships that he has suffered as a result of respondents'
failure to abide by the January 14 order. See In re Tetracycline Cases, 927 F.2d 411, 413
(8th Cir. 1991) ("Civil contempt sanctions may be imposed for either or both of two
distinct purposes, to coerce compliance with a court order, and to compensate the
complainant for actual losses sustained by him as a result of the defendants'
contumacy." (quoting In re Chase & Sanborn Corp., 872 F.2d 397, 400-01 (11th Cir.1989))).
The Court will not schedule a hearing at this time. If Juan wants to seek monetary
sanctions, he may file a properly supported motion to that effect.
ORDER
Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the hearing currently scheduled for Friday, January
30, 2026, at 1:00 pm in Courtroom 15 (MPLS) is CANCELED.

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