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U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order requires that Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son, Liam Conejo Ramos, be released from federal custody while their immigration case proceeds through the court system. bit.ly/3O1OqWN

NABJ Chicago calls for the immediate release of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested after filming Minnesota church protest • The TRiiBE Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom.

UPDATE — The Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is calling for the immediate release of Lemon and Fort, and for all charges against them to be withdrawn.

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The life of Silverio Villegas González was no less valuable than Alex Pretti’s and Renee Good’s. Don’t let him get erased from the narrative.

Federal jury rejects Bovino murder plot after attorney calls on it to 'stop the overreaching government' It took jurors roughly three hours to acquit Juan Espinoza Martinez of a murder-for-hire aimed at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the face of Operation Midway Blitz.

The feds slapped all kinds of labels on Chicago's Juan Espinoza Martinez when they arrested him last fall. They called him "depraved" and a "thug."

But Thursday, a jury called him "not guilty."

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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park

Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss the charges they brought against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park, one of the most high-profile criminal cases to result from the Trump administration’s’ “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.

Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.

They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...