Скачать или смотреть In the US, federal agents have been targeting protesters outside an immigration facility in Illinois

Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September 2025 used excessive force against peaceful protesters, legal observers, volunteer street medics, and journalists during demonstrations outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in suburban Chicago.

This is not crowd control but a campaign of intimidation and a clear message that dissent will be punished. It comes on the heels of a similar use of excessive force against protesters in Los Angeles.

The congressional Department of Homeland Security oversight committees should hold public hearings to examine agents’ excessive use of force. They should consider legislative remedies to strengthen oversight and accountability of immigration enforcement operations.

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