Chicago, Pritzker and immigration
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More than a dozen members of Congress will be in Chicago on Friday morning to push back against the immigration crackdown happening across the state.
A former high-ranking DEA official says masking is "all about intimidation.” A police chiefs’ association says it can create mistrust. But Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says it protects agents from ‘doxxing.
The letter says that “if society can agree that alcohol, tobacco and drugs should be kept at least 1,000 feet away from our schools,” then “violent DHS tools and tactics also belong on that list.”
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In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge.
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Chicago archbishop condemns immigration crackdown: 'We will not be silent'
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich on Tuesday reaffirmed the Archdiocese of Chicago’s solidarity with migrants, condemning recent immigration raids and detentions that he said "wound the soul of our city."
Residents near Chicago are joining a coalition of resistance and opposition to ICE raids and the President Trump’s unwavering determination to detain and deport undocumented migrants en masse.
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Chicago student, a U.S. citizen, detained for hours by federal immigration agents, alderman says
A second student was also briefly detained by federal agents at the scene of a protest in the Little Village neighborhood, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.
The music begins low and ominous, with the video showing searchlights skimming along a Chicago apartment building and heavily armed immigration agents storming inside. Guns are drawn. Unmarked cars fill the streets.
US Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino is accused of throwing at least one tear-gas canister into a crowd of protesters in a Chicago neighborhood Thursday in a potential violation of a federal judge’s order restricting federal agents from using aggressive crowd control tactics during anti-ICE protests.
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Takeaways from AP report on a Chicago raid that signals a major escalation of immigration crackdown
A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
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