We analyzed hundreds of docs & bodycam and identified 271 agents. We found that most had 10+ years of experience & special training. Linking them to incidents, we found they often overcounted alleged assaults against them & undercounted their own uses of force. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/30/w...

Who Were The Midway Blitz Border Patrol Agents? Most Were Veteran Immigration Officers

Though the federal agents often wore masks concealing their identities, Block Club Chicago identified 271 of them. Many were trained specifically for crowd control, yet reported using force more than ...

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PITCHES: @blockclubchi.bsky.social is looking for Pride Month stories based in Chicago! Think: 🌈 Feature on a Chicago LGBTQ+-owned business. 🌈 Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ history. 🌈 Highlighting how locals are fighting for LGBTQ+ rights & protections etc.

Exciting: @blockclubchi.bsky.social is looking for our summer 2026 interns! Block Club’s interns gain valuable experience — and clips — with a team that is dedicated to helping them grow and succeed during and after their internship. More info and application here: blockclubchicago.org/interns-2/.

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We’re Hiring Paid Summer Interns Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit newsroom focused on Chicago’s neighborhoods, is looking for paid summer interns. Interns should be based in and have knowledge of Chica...

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Warlord chef Trevor Fleming has shared sexual photos of women without consent and berated staffers for years, witnesses said. It was an open secret in the industry — and it’s time for accountability, they said. From the amazing @arielparrella.bsky.social. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/19/w...

Warlord Chef's Abuse Went Unchecked For Years, Women And Ex-Workers Say

Warlord star chef Trevor Fleming has been sharing sexual photos of women without consent and berating staffers for years, witnesses said. It was an open secret in the industry — and it's time for acco...

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BREAKING: Fugitive Ex-Loretto Leader At Center Of $300 Million COVID Scandal Arrested In Serbia The U.S. government has requested his extradition. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/f...

Fugitive Ex-Loretto Leader At Center Of $300 Million COVID Scandal Arrested In Serbia

Ahmed had been living abroad in Dubai — with federal prosecutors calling him a "fugitive" — since shortly before prosecutors brought charges against him in the Loretto Hospital case.

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We've been quietly at work, taking a look back at how Operation Midway Blitz changed Chicago and what happened after hundreds of federal agents detained immigrants. Unlike what the feds claimed, over 60% of those arrested did not have criminal charges. READ: blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/30/c...

Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City

Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...

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Block Club reporters were there every day as immigration agents teargassed, shot, violently arrested & separated Chicagoans from their families. Bolstered by hours of video analysis & hundreds of documents, "Chicago Under Siege" is the record of what happened. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/30/c...

Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City

Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...

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For the definitive account of the federal government's invasion of Chicago this year, you have got to read @blockclubchi.bsky.social 's year-end project that went up today. The accounts, the photos, the reporting — I am so proud of this team, I have no words. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/30/c...

Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City

Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...

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This impressive report by Block Club Chicago details Homeland Security's violent campaign to round up brown people and attack protesters and journalists in Chicago. The report is straight journalism, not opinion. This is what it looks like when a criminal government terrorizes its citizens.

Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City

Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...

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NEW: Our project, “Chicago Under Siege,” documents the fear people lived in, the ways they sought to organize and resist and the heartbreak they experienced under Operation Midway Blitz. blockclubchi.co/3Ye4GGa

How the feds used propaganda to frame their "war" on Chicago: "They’re lying constantly." blockclubchi.co/4iFGlm7

NEW: The flashy fugitives: The ex-Loretto Hospital leader and his pal accused of stealing millions are living large in Dubai. @bauerjournalism.bsky.social reports: blockclubchi.co/4lFyENc

The flashy fugitives: Anosh Ahmed are Sameer Suhail are accused of stealing millions from Loretto Hospital. But they're living abroad in Dubai. Ahmed is starting a podcast & appealing to Trump, and Suhail started a luxe plastic surgery clinic. blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/22/t...

The Flashy Fugitives: Ex-Loretto Leader And Pal Accused Of Stealing Millions Are Living Large In Dubai

Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail could face years in prison in the United States — but they’ve fled abroad, court records show. Suhail has opened a luxe plastic surgery clinic, while Ahmed is making appe...

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These new charges come after former Loretto COO Anosh Ahmed had previously been charged w/ stealing millions from the safety-net hospital after @blockclubchi.bsky.social's reporting led to his resignation + subsequent FBI investigations. S/O @bauerjournalism.bsky.social

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BREAKING: An ex-Loretto Hospital executive has been charged with stealing $300 million through COVID testing schemes, prosecutors said. blockclubchi.co/4mXRNem

BREAKING: Ex-Loretto Hospital exec Anosh Ahmed stole $300 million from the gov't through COVID-19 testing schemes, prosecutors say. Ahmed took information about Loretto's patients and used that to submit fake COVID-19 testing claims, feds say. blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/17/e...

Ex-Loretto Hospital Exec Stole $300 Million Through COVID Testing Schemes: Prosecutors

Former Loretto COO Anosh Ahmed took information about Loretto patients and used it to submit fake COVID-19 testing claims, trying to get $900 million from the government, prosecutors say.

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