Lynda Lopez
@lyndab08.bsky.social
Chicagoan, sociologist of race and migration in training, former writer on transportation equity issues, currently always curious.
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They “left” LA, but it’s worse than ever there, at least according to LA Taco ➖
& the same for DC where Feds AND National Guard ⬅️ are still ”arresting“ people
The media might not give it the BOVINO-celeb coverage, but it’s not lessening anywhere. Always worse when attention is gone from a place 👀👁️👀
& the same for DC where Feds AND National Guard ⬅️ are still ”arresting“ people
The media might not give it the BOVINO-celeb coverage, but it’s not lessening anywhere. Always worse when attention is gone from a place 👀👁️👀
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
They “left” LA, but it’s worse than ever there, at least according to LA Taco ➖
& the same for DC where Feds AND National Guard ⬅️ are still ”arresting“ people
The media might not give it the BOVINO-celeb coverage, but it’s not lessening anywhere. Always worse when attention is gone from a place 👀👁️👀
& the same for DC where Feds AND National Guard ⬅️ are still ”arresting“ people
The media might not give it the BOVINO-celeb coverage, but it’s not lessening anywhere. Always worse when attention is gone from a place 👀👁️👀
“The plans could change, the officials cautioned, adding that some Customs and Border Protection personnel are expected to stay in Chicago.”
Gregory Bovino and Border Patrol agents plan to leave Chicago area, sources say
Some Border Patrol agents could soon leave the Chicago area, after taking a leading role in the Trump administration's controversial immigration operations in the nation's third-largest city, official...
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“The plans could change, the officials cautioned, adding that some Customs and Border Protection personnel are expected to stay in Chicago.”
I won’t believe it til I see it. Been pure terror for two months for immigrant communities.
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I won’t believe it til I see it. Been pure terror for two months for immigrant communities.
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Somebody woke up in the middle of the night and angry typed this.
This is sending me to the moon 😭
This is sending me to the moon 😭
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Somebody woke up in the middle of the night and angry typed this.
This is sending me to the moon 😭
This is sending me to the moon 😭
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Serious injuries went untreated, medications were denied or scaled back, and needed medical appointments were delayed at the ICE detention center.
New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
“It's just freak luck that no one has died in Batavia in the last two years," one advocate said of medical treatment in the ICE prison.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Serious injuries went untreated, medications were denied or scaled back, and needed medical appointments were delayed at the ICE detention center.
Sometimes people perceive rapid response alerts confirming ICE was not in an area as people panicking & making false reports. But w/ masked agents w/ no badges constantly changing vehicles and strategies; it's easy for people to be confused. The alerts of no ICE still means the process works.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Sometimes people perceive rapid response alerts confirming ICE was not in an area as people panicking & making false reports. But w/ masked agents w/ no badges constantly changing vehicles and strategies; it's easy for people to be confused. The alerts of no ICE still means the process works.
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A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
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Heyo! I have just arrived in front of Zellerbach Hall at the University of California, #Berkeley where hundreds of people have gathered to protest Turning Point USA's final your stop tonight.
An arrest of some sort is happening it appears. No idea why. The crowd is irate.
An arrest of some sort is happening it appears. No idea why. The crowd is irate.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Heyo! I have just arrived in front of Zellerbach Hall at the University of California, #Berkeley where hundreds of people have gathered to protest Turning Point USA's final your stop tonight.
An arrest of some sort is happening it appears. No idea why. The crowd is irate.
An arrest of some sort is happening it appears. No idea why. The crowd is irate.
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"Fascists out of Berkeley"
"Say it loud, say it clear, fascists are not welcome here."
"Say it loud, say it clear, fascists are not welcome here."
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Fascists out of Berkeley"
"Say it loud, say it clear, fascists are not welcome here."
"Say it loud, say it clear, fascists are not welcome here."
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CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
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They have clearly targeted certain towns with high Latine populations though, like Elgin and West Chicago, and of course, Little Village.
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They have clearly targeted certain towns with high Latine populations though, like Elgin and West Chicago, and of course, Little Village.
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Yes, this is correct. It's random grabs off the street. Landscaping crews, day laborers standing outside Home Depot. As far as how they decide where to go, that's a good question. If anything, it seems like they purposefully hit places far apart from one day to the next to keep people off-balance.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yes, this is correct. It's random grabs off the street. Landscaping crews, day laborers standing outside Home Depot. As far as how they decide where to go, that's a good question. If anything, it seems like they purposefully hit places far apart from one day to the next to keep people off-balance.
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They literally drive around my neighborhood and stop anyone who is brown. I've followed them and this is what they do by me. They chased two elderly Chinese women down the block last week.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
They literally drive around my neighborhood and stop anyone who is brown. I've followed them and this is what they do by me. They chased two elderly Chinese women down the block last week.
L.A. TACO has been keeping L.A. informed and also the entire country as well.
Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
L.A. TACO has been keeping L.A. informed and also the entire country as well.
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Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
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the scope of the feds’ invasion cannot be overstated. this isn’t limited to chicago or even cook county.
Understand that he's talking about distances of ~50 miles apart here.
feds have also been seen at or abducted people from bensenville, blue island, glendale heights, and mount prospect.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the scope of the feds’ invasion cannot be overstated. this isn’t limited to chicago or even cook county.
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in chicago’s austin neighborhood around 8 am:
this horrific video posted to social media shows at least four feds open a person’s car door, then handcuff and abduct them from laramie avenue.
this horrific video posted to social media shows at least four feds open a person’s car door, then handcuff and abduct them from laramie avenue.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
in chicago’s austin neighborhood around 8 am:
this horrific video posted to social media shows at least four feds open a person’s car door, then handcuff and abduct them from laramie avenue.
this horrific video posted to social media shows at least four feds open a person’s car door, then handcuff and abduct them from laramie avenue.
With it transitioning to colder weather, it feels likely federal agents will be stopping more people in cars as less people are outside.
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
With it transitioning to colder weather, it feels likely federal agents will be stopping more people in cars as less people are outside.
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while most eyes were on greg bovino’s early morning photo op in downtown chicago this was happening 15 miles west in suburban melrose park:
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
while most eyes were on greg bovino’s early morning photo op in downtown chicago this was happening 15 miles west in suburban melrose park:
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls on UN to Probe U.S. Gov’t Over Immigration Crackdown
In related news, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed memb...
www.democracynow.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
From Hanover Park Rapid Response IG story. Abductions in the Chicago suburbs.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From Hanover Park Rapid Response IG story. Abductions in the Chicago suburbs.
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“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
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could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
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A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...