.@GovPritzker is doing everything in his power to protect criminal illegal aliens and domestic terrorists. He…

.@GovPritzker is doing everything in his power to protect criminal illegal aliens and domestic terrorists. He continues to shamelessly LIE about the brave men and women of federal law enforcement and their targeted operations. 🧵Here are just a few of the disgusting lies told by @GovPritzker recently:

PRITZKER LIE: "This is an unconstitutional invasion of Illinois by the federal government. For weeks now, Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and Gregory Bovino have brought their militarized CBP and ICE agents to the streets of Chicago to cause violence and chaos in this city." FACTS: This is NEITHER unconstitutional nor an invasion. President Trump has the authority under the Constitution to deploy troops, wherever they’re stationed, to defend federal facilities from attacks. Whether it’s the ICE facility in Broadview or the courthouse in Portland, we will defend federal property wherever they are under siege.

PRITZKER LIE: “They’re raiding neighborhoods, where, instead of going after bad guys, they’re just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials.” FACTS: Since Operation Midway Blitz began in Illinois last month, ICE and CBP officers have arrested more than 1,000 illegal aliens – including the worst of the worst pedophiles, child abusers, kidnappers, Tren de Aragua gang members, and murderers. Allegations that DHS law enforcement officers engage in “racial profiling” are FALSE. What makes someone a target for immigration enforcement is if they are illegally in the U.S.—NOT their skin color, race, or ethnicity.

PRITZKER LIE: “People are getting detained, they’re getting arrested: U.S. Citizens. They did this when they raided a building in the middle of the night in South Shore. 130 people, they were emptied out of this building. They were going after a few gangbangers, and instead, they broke windows, they broke down doors, they ransacked the place...They are the ones that are making it a war zone.” FACTS: ICE does NOT arrest or deport U.S. citizens. Any U.S. citizens arrested are because of obstructing or assaulting law enforcement. Law enforcement conducted a TARGETED OPERATION at an apartment building in the South Shore community of Chicago. This operation resulted in the arrest of 37 illegal aliens. Among them were Tren de Aragua gang members and violent criminals.

PRITZKER LIE: “There were people who were held, elderly people, and children zip-tied, elderly people held for three hours at a time.” FACTS: Children were NEVER zip tied. This claim originated from a viral PARODY VIDEO ON TIKTOK. The officer in the video was the FATHER of the toddler seen in the image.

PRITZKER LIE: “On September 12, ICE shot and killed a man in Franklin Park, a nearby suburb of Chicago. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. Reports say that he had just dropped his kids off at a daycare and was headed to work.” FACTS: Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was an illegal alien who, when law enforcement ordered him to stop his car, instead DROVE HIS CAR AT THE OFFICERS. One of the ICE officers was hit by the car and dragged a significant distance. Fearing for his own life and broader public safety, the officer fired his weapon. Despite his injuries, the officer and his partner immediately started administering emergency medical care to the illegal alien, who was pronounced dead. Villegas-Gonzalez, who was the target of the operation, was a criminal illegal alien with a history of reckless driving.

PRITZKER LIE: “In the small suburban village of Broadview, with a population of 8,000, federal agents have turned two blocks of protest areas into a warzone, by firing tear gas and chemical agents at peaceful protesters.” FACTS: Rioters in Illinois have been ANYTHING BUT PEACEFUL. Over the weekend, Border Patrol law enforcement officers were ambushed by domestic terrorists that RAMMED FEDERAL AGENTS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. One woman, Marimar Martinez, driving one of the vehicles, was armed with a semi-automatic weapon and has a history of doxxing federal agents. She took defensive fire from CBP agents, has been discharged from the hospital, and is currently in the custody of the FBI. The driver of another vehicle, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, involved in the ramming, has been apprehended by law enforcement.

PRITZKER LIE: “Peaceful protesters have been hit with tear gas and shot with rubber bullets. Journalists simply reporting the facts on the ground have been targeted and arrested. U.S.citizens, including children, have been traumatized and detained. This escalation of violence is targeted and intentional and premeditated. The Trump Administration is following a playbook, cause chaos, create fear and confusion.” FACTS: The First Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly – NOT RIOTING. DHS is taking reasonable and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers.