WASHINGTON  — ICE continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens as part of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, despite resistance from activists and sanctuary politicians like Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson. The Department of Homeland Security is conducting Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham, who tragically lost her life to a drunk-driving criminal illegal alien in the sanctuary state of Illinois.

Of those arrested across Chicago on Nov. 19 alone, violent criminal illegal aliens include:

  • Angel Gonzalez Di Luca, a 27-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela who’s been convicted of domestic violence with strangulation . He attempted to flee on foot, but ICE officials caught up and arrested him. He illegally entered the country at an unknown date and location, and he was released under the Biden administration’s catch and release polices and never reported to ICE.
     
  • Juan Toledo Vasquez, a 54-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico who’s been arrested for aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a child  and possession of a fraudulent ID card. He’s been removed from the U.S. twice — once in 2000 and once in 2007.
  • Jose Juarez Soto, a 31-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico convicted of domestic battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon . He illegally entered the U.S. on an unknown date at an unknown location, and U.S. Border Patrol gave him a voluntary return to Mexico on March 4, 2010. He illegally reentered the country sometime after that date.
     
  • Hector Teja Solis, a 34-year-old criminal alien from Mexico convicted of armed robbery causing bodily  injury. He illegally entered the U.S. on an unknown date at an unknown location.
     
  • Miguel Angel Portillo Pacheco, a 29-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador who’s been convicted of domestic battery, assault, violating a protective order, armed robbery without a firearm and resisting a peace officer . He claims to have entered the U.S. illegally in 2009, and ICE encountered him in Illinois’ McHenry County Jail after his conviction; he served his sentence before his Nov. 19 ICE arrest.
     
  • Domingo Sanchez Hernandez, a 47-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico with a final order of removal who’s been convicted of DUI and arrested multiple times for domestic battery . An immigration judge ordered him removed from the U.S. on Aug. 12, 2024.

“These arrests are a drop in the bucket,” said ERO Chicago Field Office Director Sam Olson. “ICE Chicago is out doing targeted enforcement every day to protect people where their local leaders have failed, and we’ve arrested thousands of dangerous criminal aliens. Make no mistake: These are criminals, and if local officials had called ICE before releasing them, they’d be in their home countries rather than victimizing innocent people here in the United States.”

Each of these criminal illegal aliens will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings or removal.

You can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form .

Learn more about ICE’s public safety mission on X at @ICEgov .