The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building hosted by Jessica Lussenhop, with reporting by Melissa Sanchez and Sebastian Rotella

The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building In the middle of the night, hundreds of agents stormed a Chicago apartment complex, some rappelling down from a helicopter. Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested Venezuelan gang members. But our reporters uncovered a very different story. hosted by Jessica Lussenhop, with reporting by Melissa Sanchez and Sebastian Rotella https://www.propublica.org/podcast/why-chicago-south-shore-apartment-immigration-raid?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary In the middle of a September night last year, hundreds of agents stormed a Chicago apartment building, some rappelling down from a Black Hawk helicopter. They arrested 37 immigrants and claimed that two were confirmed members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — but then never identified any of them. Reporters Melissa Sanchez and Sebastian Rotella set out to track down the people arrested, and, along with a team of ProPublica reporters, they uncovered a very different story behind the raid. “I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella and Mariam Elba Co-published with Block Club Chicago and FRONTLINE