In a chilling operation on September 30, federal agents stormed South Shore Apartments with an arsenal reminiscent of war zones. Masked and heavily armed, these agents, including Marine veterans like Corey Myers from BORTAC, executed a rapid raid in the name of immigration control.

The raid targeted Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang allegedly storing weapons and grenades in the building. But the intelligence was never substantiated; one undocumented immigrant, Tolulope Akinsulie, was bitten by the team’s Belgian Malinois as a warning before being cuffed.

Under Trump's administration, BORTAC and BORSTAR have been deployed to major US cities for street-level immigration sweeps. This marks their first use in urban settings. Agents like Padraic Daniel Berlin showed no hesitation: he used force repeatedly during Operation Midway Blitz, engaging with civilians in ways that escalated rather than de-escalated tensions.

The agents come from a secretive world, often military veterans and former cops with troubling histories. Their actions, documented by WIRED, reveal a group trained for war, not peace, raising questions about the militarization of domestic law enforcement operations.