In first Midway Blitz sentencing, feds want 30-month prison term for man who fired gun near immigration agents
<p>Federal prosecutors are seeking a<b> </b>2½-year prison sentence<b> </b>for the man who <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/27/midway-blitz-ice-border-patrol-little-village-trump-bovino" target="_blank" >admitted firing<b> </b>a gun</a> “in proximity of”<b> </b>U.S. Customs and Border Protection<b> </b>agents last fall<b> </b>in the waning days of Operation Midway Blitz.</p><p>Hector Gomez, 46, is one of only two people convicted of a non-immigration crime tied to the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the Chicago area last year.
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<p>Federal prosecutors are seeking a<b> </b>2½-year prison sentence<b> </b>for the man who <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/27/midway-blitz-ice-border-patrol-little-village-trump-bovino" target="_blank" >admitted firing<b> </b>a gun</a> “in proximity of”<b> </b>U.S. Customs and Border Protection<b> </b>agents last fall<b> </b>in the waning days of Operation Midway Blitz.</p><p>Hector Gomez, 46, is one of only two people convicted of a non-immigration crime tied to the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the Chicago area last year. Gomez<b> </b>pleaded<b> </b>guilty<b> </b>in April<b> </b>to<b> </b>illegally<b> </b>possessing<b> </b>a firearm<b> </b>as a felon.</p><p>Gomez, who was born<b> </b>in Mexico<b> </b>and has no lawful status<b> </b>in the United States, is set to be sentenced July 20<b> </b>by<b> </b>U.S. District Judge<b> </b>Matthew<b> </b>Kennelly.
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- <p>Federal prosecutors are seeking a<b> </b>2½-year prison sentence<b> </b>for the man who <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/27/midway-blitz-ice-border-patrol-little-village-trump-bovino" target="_blank" >admitted firing<b> </b>a gun</a> “in proximity of”<b> </b>U.S. Customs and Border Protection<b> </b>agents last fall<b> </b>in the waning days of Operation Midway Blitz.</p><p>Hector Gomez, 46, is one of only two people convicted of a non-immigration crime tied to the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the Chicago area last year.
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In first Midway Blitz sentencing, feds want 30-month prison term for man who fired gun near immigration agents
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