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To help immigrants pay their $1500 bond donate to the nonprofit Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, affiliated w the National Bail Fund Network @bailfundnetwork.bsky.social
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

For their lawyers donate to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social immigrantjustice.salsalabs.org/donatefy2026...
Screenshot of the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund Coalition "About" page: Midwest Immigration Bond Fund About the MIBF Background: The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund started as a coalition effort that grew out of conversations in the Chicago area among organizers and attorneys in 2017-2019 to start a revolving fund like many of those that have started around the United States in recent years. The inaugural Midwest Immigration Bond Fund Coalition came together in May 2020 made up of: Michael Aguhar (IL), Hannah Cartwright (IN), Michelle Garcia (IL), Jasiel Lopez (IL), Karla Lopez-Owens (IN), Aissa Olivarez (WI), Guadalupe Perez (IL), Arianna Salgado (IL), Fred Tsao (IL), Claudia Valenzuela (IL), and Sara Zaleta (IL). Watch the video where Hannah, shares more about how the coalition launched the seed fund amidst the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020 and the first few bonds we paid in winter 2021. The MIBF incorporated as a non-profit-organization in Chicago, Illinois in July 2021 and has an all-volunteer board of directors from across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The MIBF also has a network of Ambassadors who help to share stories about immigration detention and engage in fundraising to support the revolving fund. The Fund currently fundraises with the National Bail Fund Network (“NBFN”), a 501c3 organization, which is a network of dozens of bond funds across the country. The Coalition is hugely thankful for the NBFN’s mentorship over the past many months! Background: The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund started as a coalition effort that grew out of conversations in the Chicago area among organizers and attorneys in 2017-2019 to start a revolving fund like many of those that have started around the United States in recent years.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."

Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
This morning masked ICE agents pulled me out of my car at gun-point, threw me in the back of a van and took me to their facility in Broadview. I had been following the van down Harvard honking my horn and blowing a whistle to alert the community that ICE was in the neighborhood. Just across from Lincoln elementary school, where my daughter is in second grade, they jumped out of their van with guns drawn and threatened to smash my windows. They removed me from my car and drove me to Broadview. They tried to determine if I was an American citizen (I am). After sitting handcuffed in the van for about 30 minutes, they issued me a citation for "impeding" them, claiming I cut them off (which is not true). They then drove me back to my car. While in their van, I could see they were receiving text messages that were part of a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2." They also stated they also spoke to someone on their phone saying they were going to meet someone else near where they were dropping me off, and that they were going to proceed to conduct enforcement activities with that person.
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM