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Sophie Sherry
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From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation

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He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Chicago police won’t release videos of the chaotic aftermath of a shooting last month involving a Border Patrol agent that rocked the Brighton Park neighborhood.

The reason: Patrol Chief Jon Hein faces a complaint that he ordered cops not to assist the feds.

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Chicago police withhold Border Patrol shooting videos, citing probe of chief accused of calling off cops
Patrol Chief Jon Hein faced a flood of criticism — from ex-cops, internet trolls and members of his own department — after his officers were ordered not to respond to the Oct. 4 shooting in Brighton P...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.”

That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. Ho...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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'It has really become a prison'

A federal judge says the case has been made for a temporary restraining order governing conditions inside a suburban Chicago ICE facility central to the Trump administration's 'Midway Blitz.'

UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Federal judge likely to intervene at Broadview's ICE facility: 'It has really become a prison'
Five former detainees on Tuesday described unsanitary conditions inside the Broadview facility. One broke down on the witness stand, telling the judge “it was too much, it was too much.”
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November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
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Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using.

There’s apparently few guardrails.

A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared

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ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform.

"Good morning, your honor," he says.
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Ellis is calling Bovino to the witness stand.

Will start a new thread for his testimony.
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW: On the eve of Greg Bovino's court-ordered appearance before Judge Sara Ellis, lawyers in the case ask her to fully bar the feds from using tear gas until she rules on a preliminary injunction.

"Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Federal agents tear gassing the Lake View neighborhood.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Included is this screenshot of CBP commander Greg Bovino allegedly “throwing tear gas into a crowd without justification.”
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Big shouts to @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social and @ashleerezin.bsky.social for catching this practice. Now the SoS has launched a hotline to track it.
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where Judge Sara Ellis is expected to question officials from CBP and ICE about the treatment of protesters.

CBP Deputy Incident Cmdr. Kyle Harvick and ICE Deputy Field Director Shawn Byers are expected to appear.
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Propelling a #deportation blitz in #Chicago, U.S. #BorderPatrol boss Gregory Bovino is using tactics similar to those that sparked lawsuits against him and other feds in #California.

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From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests
Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chic...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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'Political Opposition is not Rebellion'

Today's @chicago.suntimes.com front page story on Thursday's ruling from the federal appeals court in Chicago.

National Guard deployment still blocked in Illinois: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans signed an order effective Wednesday that prohibits civil arrests of people while at county courts, though judicial warrants can still be carried out.
Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect
The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authorities.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.
CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother. For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities. "This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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This of course comes four days after a federal judge in Chicago concluded that the Trump administration's "perception of events" around Chicago "are simply unreliable."

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October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.

“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'
A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.

Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.

His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.

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Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho
The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Residents at the South Shore building targeted by federal agents blame the owner and property manager for “inhumane” conditions that city efforts did little to improve and which predate the arrival of immigrants.
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‘Unlivable’ conditions festered at Chicago apartment building long before jarring immigration raid
Residents at the South Shore building targeted by federal agents blame the owner and property manager for "inhumane" conditions that city efforts did little to improve and which predate the arrival of immigrants.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM