A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n
The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland had over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cOperation Midway Blitz\u201d has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs. With federal agents making arrests in unmarked vehicles<\/a> and appearing everywhere from outside schools to shopping plazas, rapid response networks formed to record and disrupt raids.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security announced<\/a> Oct. 1 it had made 800 arrests in the area since the mission began at the beginning of September.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cThe wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs,\u201d Bondi posted on X Tuesday morning<\/a>. \u201cThe Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n Meta spokesperson Francis Brennan said the page violated its policies on coordinating harm. The policy states that content \u201couting the undercover status of law enforcement, military, or security personnel if the content contains the agent\u2019s name, their face or badge\u201d would be removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Brennan joined Meta as its strategic response public affairs manager in January and was director of strategic response for Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign, according to Politico<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n