Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot Launches ICE Accountability Project

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Former Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot formally announced the launch of the ICE Accountability Project, an independent initiative to collect and document alleged criminal and abusive conduct by federal immigration agents during the so-called “Operation Midway Blitz.” The Project is designed as a centralized, public-facing accountability resource to preserve evidence, promote transparency, and support lawful oversight and investigation efforts. To date, no federal immigration agent has been investigated by local, county, or state law enforcement authorities or charged for alleged crimes, including the September 12 shooting death of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in Franklin Park; the shooting of the September 30 South Shore apartment raid; the shooting of Marimar Martinez on October 4, 2025 by federal agent Charles Exum or repeated excessive use of force, less-lethal munitions and tear gas against protesters outside the Broadview ICE processing facility and elsewhere or other similar incidents involving civilians throughout the fall and winter of 2025. Lightfoot is asking the public to contribute documentation of these incidents through their website at www.reporticenow.com. A team will review and validate submissions and create records that may support future criminal and civil accountability.

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