Disgraced ex-Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot creates 'ICE Accountability Project' to 'unmask,' prosecute federal agents

Lori Lightfoot, the former mayor of Chicago said in a recent interview that she and attorneys are creating a nonprofit called the "ICE Accountability Project" which aims to "unmask" federal agents working in the area as a part of Operation Midway Blitz for the possibility of legal action against them down the road.

Speaking with Fox 32, Lightfoot said, "We want to create a centralized archive of all the purported criminal actions of ICE and CBP agents. We want to create a portal where what’s happening real time can be centralized and put out for the public to view."

"They are on public property out in the open. We have an absolute right under our constitution to document what’s happening," Lightfoot said regarding ICE and CBP agents operating in the Chicago area. They are part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

She said that the database would include identifying features such as height, weight, hair color, clothing details, and the cars they drive. "We have a right to compile that information and put together a profile of each of these agents that’s alleged to have committed crime."

She claimed that the effort "is not about doxxing them, it’s not about putting them in danger, and I’m sure we’re going to hear that, but as residents of this city and the metropolitan area, we have a right to know who’s doing what in, supposedly in our name, but we believe they are commiting crime and it needs to be investigated, and then let a grand jury, let the prosecutor make a determination."

As Fox 32 noted, federal agents are protected by "qualified immunity," meaning that they are protected from legal action unless they violate a "clearly established" constitutional right.

Lightfoot said she was aware that the ICE Accountability Project will likely get attention from Trump and the Department of Homeland Security, saying, "I don’t shrink in fear of any person. I have the constitution and rule of law on my side. What I can’t do is sit on the sidelines and watch these crimes being committed on a regular basis and do nothing."

This comes as House Democrats announced that they are launching a "master ICE tracker" in which community members can report ICE operations. Rep. Robert Garcia said in a press conference on Tuesday, "over the course of the next couple of weeks, the Oversight Committee will be launching on their website a master ICE tracker where we’re going to be essentially tracking every single instance that we can verify that the community will send, be able to send us the information on. It’ll all be available in one central place."