Bodycam Footage Gives Insight Into Operation Midway Blitz’s Aggressive Tactics

In November 2025, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered footage from Border Patrol agents' body cameras be released. Filmmaker Bill Morrison took that footage and interwove it with cellphone video from residents to show how quickly the scene in Chicago became chaotic and violent. In the Loop sits down with director Bill Morrison and producer Maria Inés Zamudio to learn more about the story this bodycam footage tells us. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.