DHS brass blasts Chicago mayor for blaming ICE chief as crime rises after ‘safest summer’ claim
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson claims city's safest summer in 60 years disrupted when ICE operations began, sparking clash with federal officials.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
The University of Chicago’s Crime Lab found that violent crime declined across the country, including in the city throughout 2025, but it still had elevated figures versus other major cities globally. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Johnson said last week that those figures were true before DHS kicked off "Operation Midway Blitz" around the first week of September. Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.
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