The probe is the most high-profile independent inquiry that’s been announced in response to Operation Midway Blitz, during which federal agents also shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park and routinely used pummeling force and chemical irritants.

The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.

Springfield, Illinois native Tyler Lackland, Indiana University Department of Surgery | St. Louis University School of Medicine, recently matched into a cardiothoracic surgery integrated residency; a residency where, upon completion, she will be board certified as a cardiothoracic surgeon; heart and lung surgery. Tyler and her mother Tammy came into the NPR Illinois studios on the campus of UIS, where Tyler also did her undergrad.

Local governments across the country are having to decide if the promise of economic benefit with large scale data centers offsets environmental and consumer concerns. Several projects are proposed across Illinois, while the state already has dozens of the facilities.

An analysis by NPR suggests that frames from an iconic music video were used to generate content for a tweet by the FBI director.