WIRED审阅的新公开文件显示，去年春天，芝加哥地区执法人员参与了移民与海关执法局（ICE）对明尼阿波利斯互助网络的卧底调查，作为联邦调查的一部分，该调查涉及15名双城活动人士因抵抗“地铁突击”行动而面临联邦重罪指控。
Chicago-area law enforcement officers took part in an undercover probe by Immigration and Customs Enforcement into Minneapolis mutual aid networks last spring as part of the feds’ conspiracy investigation into 15 Twin Cities activists facing federal felony charges for resisting Operation Metro Surge, according to newly released documents reviewed by WIRED.
ICE调查部门国土安全调查局（HSI）于4月发布的一份题为《反法西斯路演》的报告详细描述了联合特遣队对4月2日一次讲话的现场和电子监控。该特遣队由14名执法人员组成——6名当地警察和8名来自芝加哥的HSI特工。讲话者包括明尼苏达州自称为无政府主义者的人，他们谈到了在为期三个月的移民激增期间的组织经历，这一激增导致两名美国公民死亡。
An April report by ICE’s investigations wing, Homeland Security Investigations, titled “Antifa Roadshow,” details in-person and electronic surveillance by a joint task force of an April 2 talk. The task force was made up of 14 law enforcement officers—six local cops and eight HSI Chicago agents. The talk included self-described anarchists in Minnesota who spoke about their organizing experiences during the three-month immigration surge, which resulted in the killings of two US citizens The document, released by the 15 Minnesota activists’ defense team as part of the ongoing federal case against them, exposes close cooperation between local police, sheriffs, and HSI agents on a prosecution that critics say crosses the line into political repression.
该文件由15名明尼苏达州活动人士的辩护团队在针对他们的持续联邦案件中公开，揭露了地方警察、治安官和HSI特工在一起起诉中的密切合作，批评者称此举越过了政治镇压的界限。芝加哥HSI特遣队包括来自芝加哥、奥罗拉、唐纳斯格罗夫、库克县和凯恩县的警员，他们使用了两名卧底特工、未具体说明的电子监控、音频录音、车牌识别数据以及芝加哥广泛的闭路电视网络的监控摄像头，以确定4月2日活动的参与者，并建立与伊利诺伊州及其他州其他反-ICE抗议活动的联系。
The Chicago HSI task force, which included officers from Chicago, Aurora, Downer’s Grove, Cook County, and Kane County, used two undercover agents, unspecified electronic surveillance, audio recordings, license-plate-reader data, and surveillance cameras from Chicago’s sprawling CCTV network to identify the April 2 event’s attendees and build connections to other anti-ICE protests in Illinois and other states.
凯恩县治安官办公室提供的记录显示，该单位正是芝加哥地区国土安全调查局特遣队。加入该特遣队的当地警察可根据其上级的批准，以全职或兼职方式服役两年。
Records produced by the Kane County Sheriff’s office show the unit in question is the Chicago-area Homeland Security Investigations Task Force. Local cops who join the unit are accepted on either a full- or part-time basis for two years, with the sign-off of their superiors.
自去年秋天伊利诺伊州“中途岛闪电行动”以来，芝加哥及周边社区的居民一直在向当选官员追问地方执法部门与美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）之间的合作情况。虽然伊利诺伊州法律禁止地方执法部门参与移民执法行动，但国土安全调查局（HSI）的刑事调查似乎不受这些限制，因为它们涉及ICE的其他执法职能。
Since Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois last autumn, residents in Chicago and surrounding communities have pressed elected officials for answers about cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE. While Illinois state law prevents local law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement operations, criminal investigations by HSI appear to fall outside those restrictions because they pertain to ICE’s other law enforcement functions.
根据2017年的部门命令，芝加哥警察局对监视和渗透抗议或公共集会有严格的审批要求。目前尚不清楚这些规定如何适用于参与联邦机构联合特遣队的芝加哥警察局特工。
Chicago police have substantial approval requirements for surveilling and infiltrating protests or public gatherings, per a 2017 departmental order It is unclear how these regulations apply to Chicago Police Department agents participating in joint task forces with federal agencies.
针对《连线》杂志的提问，芝加哥警察局声称，在4月2日的调查中，未向其指挥链或部门总法律顾问发出任何第一修正案通知，并表示其与HSI的合作在伊利诺伊州法律下是被允许的，因为该行动涉及刑事执法，而非移民事务。一位知情人士表示，芝加哥警察局认为4月初的监视行动是为联邦敲诈勒索调查服务的。报告中仅提到的财务因素是一个用于支持Crimethinc演讲巡回的GoFundMe账户。报告中未提及在4月2日活动期间有任何款项被征集或收到。
In response to questions from WIRED, the CPD claims that no First Amendment notifications to CPD’s chain of command or the department’s general counsel were made for the April 2 investigation, and says its work with HSI is permitted under Illinois law because it pertained to criminal enforcement, not immigration. A source with knowledge of the matter stated that CPD believed the early April surveillance operation was in service of a federal racketeering investigation. The only financial element mentioned in the report is a GoFundMe account to support the Crimethinc speaking tour. There is no mention of funds solicited or received at the April 2 event.