In first Midway Blitz sentencing, feds want 30-month prison term for man who fired gun near immigration agents

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 2½-year prison sentence for the man who admitted firing a gun “in proximity of” U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last fall in the waning days of Operation Midway Blitz. 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 pleaded guilty in April to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. Gomez, who was born in Mexico and has no…