FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 28, 2025
chiheadlineclub@gmail.com
Attacks and targeting of journalists by ICE must stop immediately!
The Board of Directors of the Chicago Headline Club condemns the targeting of journalists, reporters and photographers covering protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agencies.
The Headline Club is calling for ICE, Customs and Border Protection and others assigned to Operation Midway Blitz to stop this practice immediately. The Headline Club is aware of incidents of journalists being shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions and at least one working journalist being taken into custody on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.
Journalists have a constitutionally-protected right to cover stories as afforded by the First Amendment. No federal or state agency should interfere with that right either by threats or action taken against working journalists.
The Headline Club demands that Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Board Patrol Commander of Operations At Large Gregory Bovino take immediate action to ensure journalists are not targeted by officers of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.
Respectfully,
The Chicago Headline Club Board of Directors