BREAKING: Gunman fires at federal agents during Chicago immigration enforcement: manhunt underway

photo: just a normal day in the Windy City

Picture this: A routine immigration sweep in Chicago's Little Village, a neighborhood that's basically a slice of Mexico plunked down in Chicago, turns into a scene straight out of a bad action flick. But instead of heroes, you've got federal agents dodging bullets from some cowardly thug in a black Jeep, followed by a howling mob lobbing paint cans and bricks at law enforcement. 

Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly shot at U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday during immigration operations in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Border patrol agents were conducting immigration enforcement operations when a man driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and fled the scene, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).And if that wasn't enough to make you question sanctuary city logic, the aftermath? A group of people threw a paint can and bricks at border patrol vehicles, DHS said. Local affiliate FOX 32 Chicago reported a flash bang was deployed, as crowds surrounded federal agents for multiple blocks. At least one person was detained, according to the outlet.

Crowds threw paint cans, bricks at federal vehicles as chaos ensued. Police are searching for a man they said opened fire at U.S. Border Patrol agents in Chicago on Saturday. (Credit: WFLD)Police officers barricade a street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. (WFLD)

Enter the virtue-signaling cavalry: City Alderman Michael Rodriguez, of the 22nd Ward, posted a video to Facebook accusing the agents of "causing all sorts of mayhem." "They’re doing things that are unconstitutional, that are illegal," Rodriguez said of the agents doing their jobs and what America voted for. "They are causing fear and mayhem in our communities and that's unacceptable."

Oh, the irony. The guy's out there whining about "fear and mayhem" while his constituents are turning federal vehicles into piñatas, and more bullets fly there than Gaza.

And he wasn't alone in the social media circus. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, of the 25th Ward, was also live-streaming the chaos on social media. Sigcho-Lopez appeared to confront immigration agents, stupidly questioning them about why they were in the neighborhood, which is known as a largely Mexican-American community.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) was called for assistance and cleared the scene. 

The shooter and vehicle remain at large, DHS officials said. "This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of violence and obstruction," DHS wrote in a statement on X. "Over the past two months, we’ve seen an increase in assaults and obstruction targeting federal law enforcement during operations."

Chief Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino fired back at an X user who said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "illegally fired tear gas into the street," saying there is "more to come." "Funny, you keep leaving out key facts including several shots fired at agents by a suspect, violent mobs throwing bricks and assaultive subjects," Bovino wrote in a post. "We still managed to apprehend illegal aliens today in Little Village. More to come."

"These confrontations highlight the dangers our agents face daily and the escalating aggression toward law enforcement. The violence must end."

Look, if Chicago's elected clowns like Rodriguez and Sigcho-Lopez spent half as much energy condemning the actual criminals, starting with the guy who turned a Jeep into a drive-by getaway car, instead of shielding sanctuary chaos, maybe we'd have fewer headlines like this. But no, it's easier to blame the badges enforcing the law than the mobs breaking it. 

Wake up, Illinois: This isn't "mayhem" from feds; it's the predictable fallout from years of the open-borders delusion. And as Bovino says, more to come, whether the local Dems and big Gov, Pritzker like it or not.

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Trans cult removed from court after shouting allegations of de-transition and murder

A suspected member of the radical "Zizian" cult was forcibly removed from a California courtroom after claiming an officer said she should be killed for being transgender.

Alexander "Somni" Leatham, is a 29-year-old man with gender dysphoria, a mental disorder that has become a plague in the West. Leatham is from Agoura Hills, California and is one of five alleged members of a group known as "Zizian." They are radical virgins, many have gender dysphoria and thus identify as trans, and they appeared in Solano Superior Court last Tuesday.

Leatham claimed that an officer told him that he "deserved to be shot for being transgender while he had a gun, and I was in chains," according to SFGate. 

Leatham, and other Zizian members, are being charged in connection with a string of murders across the country including the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent along the northern border.

The 29-year-old man reportedly went on a vulgar rant in the courtroom Tuesday, accusing authorities of attempting to de-transition him.

"The court has been hormonally detransitioning me for quarter of a decade as part of a state-sponsored conversion therapy program," he claimed, according to SFGate. "I am not suicidal. I have never been suicidal. If I am killed in police custody, it was murder!" 

Judge John B. Ellis ordered Leatham to be taken to an isolation room prior to the hearing, saying that he could appear via camera due to his behavior.

"If defendant Leatham can’t behave herself, she can be moved to the isolation booth," Ellis said, mistakingly referring to him as a female simply because he cross-dresses and may have had his genitals mutilated to look almost like those of a female.

Members of the Zizians have been charged or named as persons of interest in connection with six deaths across the country, including the stabbing of an 82-year-old landlord in January, the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in January and the 2022 double homicide of an elderly Pennsylvania couple.

Leatham and a guy named Suri Dao face attempted murder charges after a rent dispute with landlord Curtis Lind that ended with Zizian follower Emma Borhanian being fatally shot by Lind in self-defense. Lind was injured by a samurai sword during the altercation.

Lind had bought the property, placing 20-foot trailers and shipping containers on the land so he could rent them to people who were unable to afford the cost of housing in Vallejo, Patrick McMillan, a tenant who lives in a mobile home on the property, told the San Francisco Chronicle. Lind also lived on the property.

Curtis Lind

The group lived in a clusterfrack of trailer trucks, McMillan told the outlet. Initially, they paid rent but stopped paying during the pandemic.

"He had an agreement that they were going to fix up their vehicles, and then they were going to leave," Lind's daughter, Dina Morrill, told the newspaper.

"The truth is, they jumped him," Lind's son, Carl Lind, told KTVU.

Lind managed to shoot two of his alleged attackers, killing one of them, Borhanian. Prosecutors concluded that the landlord acted in self-defense.

"After they attacked him, he got his gun out and shot two of them, killed one of them," McMillan told the Chronicle. "The other one had three shots to the chest."

The landlord was left seriously injured after the group attacked him with a samurai sword. McMillan told KTVU that he had the sword "stuck through his back with about a foot of it sticking out in front."

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Lind survived the initial attack but was then stabbed to death in a second attack on Jan. 17, 2025. Maximilian Snyder, 22, another "Ziz" maniac, was arrested and charged with his murder, according to court records obtained by FOX 13 Seattle.

The next hearing is set for April 22 at 9 a.m. Fox News Digital reached out to Leatham's attorney.

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Sen. Ted Cruz calls for death penalty of illegal aliens convicted of killing 12-yea-old girl

They are definitely 'not sending their best' illegal aliens across the border. Some are just criminals for committing the act of illegally entering our country; others are violent criminals; some have killed driving drunk; and some just want free hotel stays. 

This is about two scumbags who entered the country illegally, and are charged with killing a 12-year-old little girl from Houston. If convicted of the senseless killing, they could be sentenced to death, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is calling for just that punishment.

Sen. Cruz blamed alleged President Biden's border policies that led to the death of Jocelyn Nungaray. The young girl was found on Monday, strangled to death and carelessly tossed into a creek.

Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, both from Venezuela, are both charged with capital murder.

"This is horrifying. If guilty, both of these men should receive the death penalty for this horrible crime," Cruz wrote on X. "These men are illegal aliens and Jocelyn Nungaray would still be alive and with her family if not for Joe Biden’s open border policies. The Biden administration is directly responsible. My heart goes out to Jocelyn’s family."

Biden had nothing to mumble regarding the child's death as yet, but President Trump met with the family.

The illegal aliens were seen with Nungaray on Sunday night before she was killed near a bridge, police said Thursday. Investigators tracked their movements through surveillance footage.

"In this case the defendant lured a 12-year-old under a bridge, where he and his co-defendant remained with her for over 2 hours, took her pants off, tied her up, and killed her, then threw her body into the bayou," Harris County Assistant District Attorney Michael Abner wrote.

Both scumbags entered the United States illegally through Texas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said, albeit somewhat more delicate in their description of the pair.

"On March 14, Martinez was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol near El Paso, Texas. That same day he was released on an order of recognizance with a notice to appear," an ICE spokesperson said. "Pena was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 28 near El Paso. He was also released on an order of recognizance with a notice to appear the same day he was apprehended."

It's like catch-and-release of sharks at a swimming pool.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital: "Our hearts go out to Jocelyn Nungaray’s family. The Department cannot publicly comment on an ongoing criminal investigations. That said, anyone who commits a horrific and senseless crime, like the one these individuals are accused of, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent under the law."

On Friday, Cruz urged Biden to restore the Remain in Mexico policy, a Trump-era directive that required migrants applying for asylum to stay in Mexico while their cases play out in U.S. courts.

"He must reinstate Remain in Mexico and end catch-and-release immediately, or we will lose more innocent life," Cruz wrote. "There is no time for half measures – we need to look at what works, and do it now."

It's really time to end illegal immigration altogether and return those who came here illegally back to where they belong: elsewhere.

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Uvalde city officials avoid handing over police records on school massacre

Uvalde city officials are trying to keep records on the Texas school district's police response and the police chief of the school massacre on May 24 that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The reason for holding back the records that were requested by the media may have something to do with the fact that it took 77 minutes before the shooter was neutralized even while shooting inside a classroom while the police waited, for some reason.

Lawyers hired by the city wrote to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving 52 reasons why they should not have to go along with "numerous" requests for the truth under Texas' sunshine laws. But there are 21 reasons why they should, and they all have names.

The proverbial excrement hit the fan when it was revealed that Uvalde's police chief Pete Arrendondo, had his gaggle of cops go in after the gunman as he was behind a closed door shooting kids while dozens of officers stayed safe in the hallway hoping he would stop shooting them.

The New York Post requested the audio from the 911 calls, some made by terrified students, as the killer entered the Robb Elementary School. Other media outlets requested records related to Arrendondo.

The city lawyers' letter asked AG Paxton to rule on whether the information requested by media outlets is "excepted from disclosure under the Public Information Act." After all, the city doesn't want to embarrass the cops nor Arrendondo. 

Not-so Fun Fact: the mother of one of the children tried to enter the school but was stopped and temporarily handcuffed by the police who were nowhere near the 'danger zone.'

"The City claims that the requested information is not information that is collected, assembled, or maintained under a law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by a governmental body or for a governmental body or is excepted from disclosure," the letter, signed by attorney Cynthia Trevino, said.

Arredondo has received the brunt of the blame, for some reason, of the cowardly police response to the shooting after he moronically ordered law enforcement to try talking it out with the gunman while he was busy pulling the trigger. It was almost an hour before a group, comprised mostly of US Border Patrol agents, to go against Arrendondo's orders, and stormed into the classroom, killing the scumbag.

And the Left demonizes the US Border Patrol.

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Valdez Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell refused to reveal last week whether Arredondo was still employed by the city because he was embarrassed to do so. The Uvalde Chief of Police has kept a low profile out of fear. people will say mean things to him and make him feel unsafe.

Question: How many Uvalde police officers  does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: None. They'll wait for the US Border Patrol to change it for them.

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Google 'idiot' get photos of Trump

Do you know if you Google the word "idiot" photos of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, comes up?

Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren pointed this out at the congressional hearing to the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai. The purpose of the hearing was to determine whether Google displays bias among the website searches. Take a guess.

Pichai explained to Congress (a body of individuals whose combined knowledge of computers adds up to that of a twelve-year-old child) why searching for 'idiot' turns up pictures of Trump.

“If you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. I just did that. How would that happen?” Lofgren asked.

Pichai answered by explaining that Google’s searches are based on multiple factors that determine the end result. [See video below for the exchange.]

“We take the keyword and match it against their pages and rank them based on over 200 signals -- things like relevance, freshness, popularity, how other people are using it,” he testified. “Based on that, at any given time, we try to rank and find the best search results for that query.”

Trump’s face also appears on Google image searches for “stupid” and “racist.”

Okay, that seems to make sense, although it's very disrespectful to the office of the president and can probably be controlled in a civil way if Google really tried harder.

I googled the word 'idiot' early in the morning and some interesting results came up:

1. "Google Image Search makes Trump the World's Top Idiot, but is it fair?"--South China Morning Post

2. "Google Hearing Sees 'Idiot' Trending"--BBC.com [There is a photo of Trump and he wasn't even at the hearing.]

3. "This is why you get Trump's image when you Google 'idiot'"--Nairobi News 

Then about thirty minutes later I googled the word again--here's what came up:

4. "His worst nightmares: Trump's life under a legal microscope"--CNN

5. "Reasons to Worry? Trump Endures Turbulent Week"--The Guardian

6. "Trump's Interior Chief to Step Down as Pressure Mounts from Ethics Inquiries"--Bloomberg

I now ask, how is this not bias results? The wording of the headline's first article is clearly anti-Trump and it literally calls him an idiot.

Number two's wording speaks about trends and couples the word 'idiot' with Trump's photo taking away any doubts that the president and the word go together.

Three is just disgusting.

After thirty minutes CNN was the top site to respond about Trump's woes when you google the word 'idiot.' What the president's problems are, and what the word 'idiot' have in common is unclear, but CNN will use any opportunity to attack him and his administration.

Think of the Honduran father whose 7-year-old child died of malnutrion and dehydration after the dangerous journey to illegally cross the Mexican-U.S. border. The media is blaming Trump, when it's obvious the father should be put behind bars for not feeding or giving water to his child. But blame the U.S. Border Patrol and by extension, Trump.

Looking at 5 and 6, all you see is negative press about Trump and the administration, both having nothing to do with the word 'idiot.' But Google says that relevance is one of the main criteria for how results are displayed, and there is no obvious relevance in these articles. It's just a way to attack Trump.

The mainstream media are the real idiots and Google is their partner.

You may not like everything President Trump says or does, but it's appalling the way he is treated by those with the power to communicate and influence.

Also, it's damn scary because it works.

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Afghan terrorists by way of Mexico--the secret is out

Sanctuary cities. People flooding into the US through Mexico and are being allowed to stay. ICE told to stand off. Illegal aliens not being deported. Some illegal aliens committing violent crimes.

This administration is totally uncaring about our security. They call those of us who want better policing of our borders and getting illegals to wait their turn racists. That has always been their 'go-to' word.

Now it has been learned that an Afghan national with Taliban ties (Obama pronounces it "Tahleebahn" as if he's a card-carrying member) was caught last fall after he was smuggled into the U.S. via Mexico. The guy was plotting a terrorist attack somewhere in North America but it was too politically "hot" to tell us about it so we are just now finding out about it.

The scumcrumpet's alleged terror ties weren't initially flagged in the terrorist database, but this was not reported to us, according to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and it was only afterward that officials learned of his associations.

Hunter described the situation to Fox News as a "monumental failure." He added, "We don't know who's coming into the U.S. and what they're bringing with them. It's as bad as it seems."

Duncan's office told Fox News that the Afghan was picked up and detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents about 15 miles inside Arizona from the border. He and five Pakistani citizens and two Mexicans identified as smugglers, were arrested.

So Donald Trump's idea of not allowing Muslims into the country seems a moot point--they're coming in anyway, albeit illegally. 

The result of this incident was that all six illegal immigrants from "special interest countries" were cleared by the National Targeting Center. They were initially served with an "Expedited Removal." The Afghan terrorist "sought U.S. immigration benefits, and was processed as having credible fear after he stated his life was in danger," Hunter wrote.

But it turns out this terrorist was identified in a separate database, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) as having terror ties.

Hunter wrote that the individual was said to be "involved in a plot to conduct an attack in the U.S. and/or Canada and has family ties to members of the Taliban." 

But due to gross incompetence he wasn't initially put on a watch-list, in a separate Terrorist Screening Database, according to the letter.

Luckily, the error was spotted in time, this time, and the An Afghan national with ties to the Taliban — and a plot to carry out a terror attack somewhere in North America — was caught last fall after being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico, an incident sure to further inflame the debate over national security risks at the border.

The Afghan national’s alleged terror ties were not initially flagged in a terror database – and as a result, not initially reported – when the incident first came to light last November, according to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who obtained Homeland Security documents on the incident. It was only later that U.S. officials discovered his associations.

Hunter told Fox News on Friday that the database disconnect represents a “monumental failure.” 

“We don’t know who’s coming into the U.S. and what they’re bringing with them,” he told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom.” “It is as bad as it seems.”

The new details were first reported by The Washington Times.

According to information shared with FoxNews.com by Hunter’s office, the Afghan in question was picked up and detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents about 15 miles inside Arizona from the border. He was arrested along with five Pakistani citizens and two Mexicans identified as smugglers.

The Afghan claimed he crossed into the U.S. on Nov. 13, 2015 by crawling under a border fence near Nogales, Ariz. But an initial check in one of the terror databases apparently did not flag him.

As a result, all six illegal immigrants – from what are known as “special interest” countries – were cleared by the National Targeting Center.

According to a letter sent Wednesday from Hunter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, all six were initially served with an “Expedited Removal.” The Afghan national “sought U.S. immigration benefits, and was processed as having credible fear after he stated his life was in danger,” Hunter wrote.

However, according to the letter, the individual was in fact identified in a separate database, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), as having terror ties.

Hunter wrote that the individual was said to be “involved in a plot to conduct an attack in the U.S. and/or Canada and has family ties to members of the Taliban.”

For an unknown reason, the individual was not initially watch-listed in the separate Terrorist Screening Database, according to the letter – and so these associations were not initially noticed.    

Officials apparently noticed the error in time, as the individual remains in U.S. custody in Arizona.

But Hunter said in his letter to Johnson that his understanding is the whereabouts of the other men arrested that day “is unknown.” Hunter asked DHS for additional details.

Hunter also pushed back Friday on the notion that the incident could represent a success since the Afghan national was ultimately apprehended and later flagged.

“You can assume that others have gotten through,” Hunter told Fox News.

The information shared with FoxNews.com showed at least a dozen illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan have either made it across the U.S. border or gotten close, dating back to 2014.

The Washington Times reported that the incident last fall involved a Brazilian-based smuggling network.

The Afghan national in question apparently took a complicated route, essentially around the world and then through Latin America, to arrive in Arizona. He told officials he left Afghanistan in 2015 and then traveled from Dubai to Brazil. From there, he moved up through Peru and other South American countries before traveling through Central America.

In August 2015, he was apprehended in Panama but was released when “no derogatory information” on him was found. He continued his journey, crossing into the U.S. in November before being detected, along with his group, by Border Patrol.

The apprehensions were reported at the time.

However, the local reports, based on comments from border officials, also said no “derogatory information” turned up when their names were run through security databases.

“The American people would have had no clue on this if we didn’t get these documents from Homeland Security,” Hunter said Friday.  remains in U.S. custody in Arizona.

Unluckily, the whereabouts of the others involved is unknown.

"You can assume others have gotten through," Hunter told Fox News, and there is information showing that at least a dozen illegal aliens from Afghanistan and Pakistan have either made it across the U.S. border or gotten close, dating back from 2014.



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