How Many People Were Charged After DHS Claimed Chicago Building Was Filled With 'Terrorists'? Zero. [View all]

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How Many People Were Charged After DHS Claimed Chicago Building Was Filled With ‘Terrorists’? Zero.

“The department I once served is engaging in fascist shows of force,” said Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration.

STEPHEN PRAGER
Nov 13, 2025

Late at night on September 30, over 300 federal agents stormed an apartment building in one of Chicago’s lowest-income neighborhoods. After descending from Black Hawk helicopters, they broke down residents’ doors, destroyed furniture and belongings, deployed flash-bang grenades, and dragged sleeping people—some naked—out into the cold evening. Dozens of people, including children and American citizens, were held in zip ties and detained for hours.

As part of the highly publicized raid at the South Shore complex, which was filmed and edited into a miniature action film by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at least 37 Venezuelan residents of the apartment complex were taken into custody.

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On Thursday, an investigation by ProPublica revealed that the raid, heralded by the Trump administration as a counterterrorism victory, has resulted in zero charges against the people who were detained.

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The report found that contrary to the government’s claims of their rampant criminality, federal prosecutors have not filed criminal charges against a single person who was arrested. They have also not provided any evidence that two of the men arrested were part of the Tren de Aragua gang.

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