DHS must release names and charges of 37 arrested in Chicago “blitz”.

On Oct. 1, just after 2 a.m., federal agents fast-roped from Black Hawks onto the roof of 7500 S. South Shore Drive, while U-Hauls and Budget rental vans unloaded hundreds more in combat gear. They carried military-grade rifles, kicked in doors, shattered windows, and ransacked units. Inside the building were Black Chicagoans, Latino migrants, U.S. citizens, elders, and terrified children. Residents, regardless of citizenship status, described being zip-tied and loaded into vans where they were detained for hours while agents checked IDs, citizenship status, and for arrest warrants. DHS announced that 37 people were arrested, but has released no full roster of names or charges. There is still no public, complete roster of the 37 arrested, no court filings that tie them all to the alleged offenses, no clarity on how many were undocumented versus citizens, and no evidence that every unit breached was backed by a warrant. We do not know which arrests were “targets” and which were collateral. We do not know who was released, who remains detained, or where. Please call on DHS to: > Release the names of the thirty-seven and the specific charges filed, with counsel protections for asylum seekers. > If you’re claiming gang membership, show the filings and evidence. > Publish the warrant inventory for each breached unit of the building. > Release the bodycam and aerial footage with timestamps. > Provide a restitution mechanism for tenants whose doors were destroyed, and apartments left unsecured. > And if the government can’t justify helicopters over a residential block at 2 a.m. to arrest a handful of truly dangerous individuals, if such people exist in this case, then the government owes South Shore an apology and a reparative plan that does not involve treating families like insurgents.