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- U.S. Chicago-area law enforcement officers joined an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) undercover probe of Minneapolis mutual aid networks.
- The probe targeted fifteen Twin Cities activists charged with federal felonies for resisting Operation Metro Surge.
- The task force comprised fourteen officers: six local cops and eight Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago agents.
- Critics argue the police-ICE cooperation amounts to political repression despite Illinois law barring local police from immigration enforcement.
