Stories by Melissa Sanchez — ProPublica
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has justified its dramatic midnight raid on a Chicago apartment complex by saying that it had intelligence that the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. New documents confirm in the government’s own words that what prompted the raid was more pedestrian: allegations that immigrants were squatting.
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