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Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker is urging state officials to pursue criminal investigations into federal immigration enforcement agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz, citing a report released by a commission he created to investigate federal agents’ conduct during the months-long investigation.
Pritzker’s Thursday press conference unveiling the Illinois Accountability Commission’s recommendation to pursue criminal investigations into ICE and other federal agents came just over a month after he first vowed to seek criminal charges against Trump administration officials and law enforcement officers he said had «broken the law.»
«Our communities and our people were subjected to an unprecedented campaign of harassment, intimidation and brutality,» Pritzker said at the news conference. «They deployed tear gas and smoke grenades against peaceful protesters and peaceful crowds and in peaceful neighborhoods. They committed flagrant and egregious abuses of power and force that went unchecked.»
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has positioned himself to be one of President Donald Trump’s leading antagonists and a potential 2028 Democrat presidential primary candidate. (Eileen T. Meslar / Chicago Tribune)
The report was compiled by eight members who were appointed to the commission by Pritzker. Members of the commission include retired judges, a retired law enforcement official, former prosecutors and a nonprofit leader. The report pinpointed more than a dozen incidents involving federal agents as alleged instances of misconduct that warrant further investigation, including the death of Silverio Villegas González, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who was shot and killed by ICE agents.
The more than 150-page report accused the Trump administration of lying and the motivation behind Operation Midway Blitz and that it «distorted key facts about events involving federal immigration agents.»
«High-level White House, DHS and other federal officials enabled and encouraged misconduct by ICE and CBP agents during Operation Midway Blitz by urging agents to «go hard,» defending and mischaracterizing incidents of use of force, shielding agents from accountability, lifting safeguards, and effectuating harmful policies,» the report alleged.
Federal agents make multiple detainments in a far north side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 31, 2025, as part of the Trump administration’s «Operation Midway Blitz» immigration enforcement surge. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)
The report alleged that federal agents engaged in «unconstitutional uses of force» which consisted of «extreme physical force, indiscriminate use of chemical agents, shootings, beatings, and other violent acts.»
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«Governor Pritzker continues to refuse to do his job to protect his citizens from illegal alien crime and instead chooses to smear our law enforcement,» Department of Homeland Security Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. «Where is the investigation into his own policies that allowed Sheridan Gorman’s killer to be released from jail to go on and commit her heinous murder?»
Bis slammed Pritzker’s calls for criminal prosecution as «nothing more than a political stunt.»
Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino and federal officers detain people in a parking lot on the far north side of Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025, before transferring them to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during «Operation Midway Blitz.» (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)
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«Federal officers acting in the course of their duties can only be investigated by other Federal agencies,» Bis said. «The states do not have the authority to run such an investigation.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for comment.
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Blanche turns the tables on Comey indictment critics: ‘Rest assured’ case goes beyond Instagram post
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted Sunday that the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey rests on more than just an «8647» Instagram picture, saying new evidence would come to light in court to support the government’s claim that Comey’s post amounted to a criminal threat against the president.
Blanche provided the remarks during a «Meet the Press» interview as he was grilled about the credibility of the high-profile case and whether it was politically motivated. The charges hinge on whether prosecutors can prove the former FBI director’s intent, a key legal threshold. Blanche signaled the Department of Justice will present broader evidence in court to support the charge while rejecting claims the prosecution was driven by Trump’s past clashes with Comey.
«You prove intent like you always prove intent,» Blanche said. «You prove intent with witnesses. You prove intent with documents, with materials. … This is not just about a single Instagram post. This is about a body of evidence that the grand jury collected over the series of about 11 months.»
The term «86» is understood as slang to get rid of someone or something, rooted in restaurant usage for an unavailable item or refused customer. Prosecutors allege that, paired with «47» — a reference to Trump as the 47th president — Comey’s post amounted to a threat.
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Former FBI Director James Comey is vowing to fight the charges against him, with his attorney saying the former FBI director «vigorously denies» the allegations and plans to contest the case in court. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Blanche noted that threatening the president was a common criminal charge. But he said the DOJ does not prosecute everyday mentions of «8647,» such as paraphernalia featuring the numbers being sold on Amazon, and that other factors were in play in Comey’s case.
«Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career Secret Service agents that investigated this case didn’t just look at the Instagram post and walk away. … So I am not permitted to get into the details of what the grand jury heard or found,» Blanche said. «But rest assured that it’s not just the Instagram post that leads somebody to get indicted.»
The DOJ brought two charges against Comey in federal court in North Carolina last week alleging an Instagram post he made last year of seashells on the beach amounted to a threat to harm or kill Trump.
The post prompted an outcry from social media users, who accused Comey of threatening Trump, his longtime political nemesis, leading Comey to immediately delete the image and issue an apology. Comey said at the time he did not realize the number «86» was associated with violence.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded by announcing that U.S. Secret Service would investigate the post, and Comey voluntarily met with federal agents at the time for an interview, though no charges were brought.
The case marks the Justice Department’s second recent prosecution of Comey, after a separate indictment alleging he lied to Congress was tossed on procedural grounds. The DOJ is appealing that decision.
Blanche was also questioned over whether Comey was charged because Trump explicitly called for the DOJ to bring criminal charges against him and other political foes in a Truth Social post last fall, calling them «guilty as hell» and saying «JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!»
«Do the American people think that nothing was done on those cases until President Trump posted that Truth in September?» Blanche asked. «No, these are ongoing investigations.»
James Comey posted a photo on Instagram showing him standing on a beach. (Fox News)
The latest indictment against Comey has faced widespread criticism as Democrats and some Republicans argue the charges present a free speech problem and do not rise to the «true threat» standard established by the Supreme Court. Comey’s attorney said in court that he plans to ask the judge to toss out the charges because they were selective and vindictive. Still, the DOJ and Trump allies are standing firmly behind the charges as they warn critics to wait to hear evidence before jumping to conclusions.
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Comey’s arraignment is slated for May 11 in Greenville.
Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ and Comey’s lawyer for comment.
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La Corte de Constitucionalidad ordena ajustes inmediatos en procesos de acogimiento y adopción infantil en Guatemala
La Corte de Constitucionalidad (CC) de Guatemala estableció un nuevo hito jurídico al declarar, mediante el expediente 7745-2024, la inconstitucionalidad de dos disposiciones clave del Reglamento 40-2010 sobre el acogimiento familiar.
La resolución exige a los Juzgados de Niñez priorizar que los menores permanezcan en un entorno familiar y ordena al Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA) adaptar sus procedimientos para favorecer la permanencia de los niños en vínculos afectivos ya consolidados. El objetivo central de este fallo, según la CC, es fortalecer el derecho de niñas, niños y adolescentes a crecer en familia y evitar la institucionalización que afecta su bienestar integral.
La Corte de Constitucionalidad, en su análisis del Reglamento 40-2010, eliminó dos restricciones fundamentales. En primer lugar, consideró inconstitucional el plazo máximo de seis meses para el acogimiento familiar.
Este límite temporal, al ser rígido, impedía un análisis individualizado y contravenía el principio del interés superior del niño. Con ello, no se consideraban las necesidades y el contexto concreto de cada menor, lo que podía conducir a decisiones que no favorecían ni su estabilidad ni su salud emocional. De acuerdo con el Diario Soy2502
En segundo lugar, la resolución suprimió la prohibición de adopción por parte de las familias de acogida. El fallo reconoce que los lazos afectivos generados durante el periodo de acogida constituyen un elemento esencial en la garantía de una familia permanente para los niños declarados en situación de adoptabilidad.
La Corte de Constitucionalidad sostuvo que ignorar estos vínculos resultaba en una restricción injustificada y que su eliminación era imprescindible para asegurar el pleno ejercicio de los derechos de la niñez guatemalteca.
Según la publicación de Soy502, la decisión obliga de manera inmediata al Consejo Nacional de Adopciones a suprimir cualquier barrera administrativa que impida que las familias de acogida participen en los procesos de adopción y exige a los juzgados de niñez evaluar cada caso de forma individual, asegurando así que los menores permanezcan en familia y evitando su institucionalización prolongada.
Referencia a estándares internacionales y desarrollo infantil
Lo resuelto por la Corte de Constitucionalidad se enmarca en los compromisos asumidos por Guatemala en materia de derechos de la niñez, recogidos en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y las Directrices de las Naciones Unidas sobre modalidades alternativas de cuidado.
Según estos instrumentos, el acogimiento familiar debe ser priorizado sobre cualquier forma de institucionalización, y toda medida de protección ha de basarse en el interés superior del niño mediante evaluaciones caso por caso.
Especialistas en desarrollo infantil citados en la normativa internacional respaldan plenamente esta orientación. La evidencia muestra que una infancia en entorno familiar favorece la construcción de un apego seguro y reduce los riesgos de ansiedad, depresión y afectaciones emocionales.
También se observan mejoras en el desarrollo cognitivo y en la salud física respecto a los menores que permanecen en instituciones. Por el contrario, la institucionalización prolongada se correlaciona con consecuencias adversas en el desarrollo integral de niñas, niños y adolescentes.
Con este precedente, el sistema de protección de la niñez en Guatemala se enfrenta a la exigencia de eliminar toda restricción normativa o administrativa que dificulte la integración de los menores en familias de acogida con posibilidad real de adopción.
El Consejo Nacional de Adopciones debe modificar con carácter urgente todos los procedimientos implicados, mientras que los juzgados de niñez deberán fundamentar sus decisiones en evaluaciones individualizadas.
El fallo de la Corte de Constitucionalidad redefine el marco del acogimiento familiar y obliga a una transformación inmediata en los procesos administrativos para que el derecho de la infancia a vivir en familia tenga prevalencia absoluta sobre cualquier criterio procedimental o temporal. *Con información del Diario Soy502
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