10/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/10/2025 12:30
CHICAGO - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) led a letter with members of the Illinois delegation demanding ICE accountability to the Offices of Inspector General at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Since the launch of President Donald Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz," raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have surged drastically, seemingly without strategy, justification, or due process.
"Over the past few months, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted unprecedented raids throughout the nation, including within our home state of Illinois, frightening and injuring community members," the members wrote. "We write to request the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the DHS OIG conduct full and independent investigations of those enforcement actions and report to Congress about the status of those investigations."
The letter specifically demanded the Offices undertake a full and independent investigation of the raid of a South Shore apartment, the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez by an ICE agent, and another shooting by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park.
"These incidents, among numerous others, and the recent deployment of National Guard Troops leave us feeling deeply concerned about the lack of transparency and oversight within DHS and their immigration enforcement tactics," the members wrote.
In addition to Rep. Kelly, U.S. Reps. Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), Bill Foster (IL-11), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Mike Quigley (IL-05) signed the letter.
Read the full letter here.