The Black Eagle helicopter was suspended, law enforcement officers slipped down to the roof of the apartment, suddenly knocked the door, and residents woke up from dreams ... This is not a picture in a Hollywood action film, but a real scene when U.S. federal immigration law enforcement officers took action in Chicago.

Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the third largest city in the United States. Over the past month, federal law enforcement officers have been ordered to fight illegal immigration and have arrested more than 1,000 people so far.

The U.S. News Country television channel said that a raids in a Chicago African-species gathering area on the morning of September 30 is a shadow of recent violent law enforcement operations: helicopters and trucks have surrounded a five-storey apartment building, federal law enforcement officers have slipped from the suspended "Black Eagle" helicopter to the roof, house by house, waking up residents, men and young people regardless of age, first wrapping the wristband, then conducting screening, a total of 37 people arrested.

Resident Roderick Johnson, 67, recalled in an interview with Chicago media that federal law enforcement officers broke in. Although he was a U.S. citizen, he was once detained.

Dixon Romero, head of a Chicago-based organization dedicated to protecting the rights of residents, said that during the operation the doors of many homes were knocked down, ¡°all of us visiting were upset,¡± and ¡°this is not normal, it can¡¯t, and it¡¯s not right.¡±

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security leading the operation said that "some of the targets" were believed to be involved in drug trafficking, illegal immigration, etc., but they did not provide relevant details. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam posted a short video on social media on the 4th, highlighting scenes such as the operation using helicopters and law enforcement officers breaking in.

Illinois Democratic Governor Pritzker has directed relevant agencies in the state to investigate allegations that children were tied up and were forced to be detained separately from their parents. In an interview with CNN on the 5th of this month, he bluntly stated that federal law enforcement actions had turned Chicago into a war zone. On the same day, several Democratic members of the state Legislature held protests in residential areas where the incident occurred, demanding that similar law enforcement actions be stopped as soon as possible.

In addition, the Illinois Immigrant Rights Organization accused federal law enforcement officers of using tear gas, smoke bombs, etc. more frequently in their operations recently, and did not care about the existence of sensitive facilities around them. According to reports, federal law enforcement officers used tear gas and smoke bombs during law enforcement in a residential area in northwest Chicago on the 3rd. Students in a nearby primary school could only stay indoors during recess.

Since President Trump returned to the White House in January, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authority under the Department of Homeland Security has authorized illegal immigrants to be searched, detained and deported to various locations in the United States. On January 4, Trump has authorized 300 National Guard officers from Illinois to ¡°protect¡± federal officials and assets in Chicago.