Ofelia Herrera and Rafael Hernandez have refused to alter their routines as street food vendors during an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago that has caused many without legal status to stay home since it began in early September.

Heavily blurred videos, which police officials initially blocked from being released, confirm that officers initially were told not to respond to a confrontation between federal agents and protesters.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has left Chicago for Charlotte, North Carolina, after two months of controversial enhanced immigration operations.

They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”