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#Border Patrol

2 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Border Patrol Agent Shoots US Citizen Marimar Martinez in Chicago; Prosecution Collapses as Evidence Contradicts DHS

A Border Patrol agent shot an American woman five times in Chicago. DHS called her a domestic terrorist and prosecutors charged her with assault, but video contradicted the government's account and the charges were dropped. The agent's texts boasted about the shooting and claimed support from senior officials.

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Operation Midway Blitz: Chicago Immigration Surge Breached a Court Decree on Warrantless Arrests and Drew Orders Limiting Force Against Protesters and Press (2025)

During the Chicago-area immigration surge, ICE made warrantless arrests that federal courts found breached a binding consent decree DHS had said it would stop following. A federal judge also restricted agents' use of chemical weapons against protesters and journalists. Appeals courts affirmed the consent-decree findings in part but vacated the use-of-force injunction on procedural grounds after the case was dropped.