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Housing 4 All! Long Live the Refugees! Redacted to Oligarchs!
Housing 4 All! Long Live the Refugees! Redacted to Oligarchs!
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Today in Chicago, people attempting to do things the right and legal way, by showing up to immigration check-ins, were lured to ISAP and entrapped by ICE so that the fascists in the White House can meet their daily deportation quotas.
June 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Today in Chicago, people attempting to do things the right and legal way, by showing up to immigration check-ins, were lured to ISAP and entrapped by ICE so that the fascists in the White House can meet their daily deportation quotas.
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Advocates say about a dozen immigrants were arrested by federal immigration agents Wednesday after receiving text messages to show up for a routine immigration appointment at an office in Chicago’s South Loop. www.wbez.org/immigration/...
ICE agents arrest a dozen immigrants as elected officials try to block them in the South Loop
Immigration advocates and several alderpersons gathered outside the building as the arrests were in progress. They say federal agents detained about a dozen people who had shown up for a routine immig...
www.wbez.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Advocates say about a dozen immigrants were arrested by federal immigration agents Wednesday after receiving text messages to show up for a routine immigration appointment at an office in Chicago’s South Loop. www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Chicago aldermen got bruised up today tussling with ICE.
Local officials, protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions in growing escalation over Trump’s immigration tactics
In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday.
www.chicagotribune.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Chicago aldermen got bruised up today tussling with ICE.
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An April 17 call among 1,400 organizers for May Day rallies in Chicago, NY, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Raleigh, Philadelphia, and LA showed major energy and enthusiasm.
Huge crowds came out Thursday for combo of “Stop the Billionaire Agenda” “Stop the Deportations” & “Bring Kilmar Home” 👇🏽
Huge crowds came out Thursday for combo of “Stop the Billionaire Agenda” “Stop the Deportations” & “Bring Kilmar Home” 👇🏽
May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
An April 17 call among 1,400 organizers for May Day rallies in Chicago, NY, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Raleigh, Philadelphia, and LA showed major energy and enthusiasm.
Huge crowds came out Thursday for combo of “Stop the Billionaire Agenda” “Stop the Deportations” & “Bring Kilmar Home” 👇🏽
Huge crowds came out Thursday for combo of “Stop the Billionaire Agenda” “Stop the Deportations” & “Bring Kilmar Home” 👇🏽
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This is complete vibes-based observation, but it does seem like the admin comes down heavy-handed on immigration whenever they are in the midst of taking Ls in court and in public opinion.
June 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is complete vibes-based observation, but it does seem like the admin comes down heavy-handed on immigration whenever they are in the midst of taking Ls in court and in public opinion.
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Trump’s deportation machine is targeting the very people who feed America.
In Bakersfield, California, recent ICE raids have terrified families and left crops rotting in the fields.
This is cruelty by design & "a recipe for absolute economic devastation."
In Bakersfield, California, recent ICE raids have terrified families and left crops rotting in the fields.
This is cruelty by design & "a recipe for absolute economic devastation."
Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry
Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump’s deportation machine is targeting the very people who feed America.
In Bakersfield, California, recent ICE raids have terrified families and left crops rotting in the fields.
This is cruelty by design & "a recipe for absolute economic devastation."
In Bakersfield, California, recent ICE raids have terrified families and left crops rotting in the fields.
This is cruelty by design & "a recipe for absolute economic devastation."
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Breaking:
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to provide hundreds of migrants sent to CECOT — the maximum-security prison in El Salvador — the opportunity to challenge their detention and removal.
The ruling is related to deportations ordered under the Alien Enemies Act.
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to provide hundreds of migrants sent to CECOT — the maximum-security prison in El Salvador — the opportunity to challenge their detention and removal.
The ruling is related to deportations ordered under the Alien Enemies Act.
June 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Breaking:
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to provide hundreds of migrants sent to CECOT — the maximum-security prison in El Salvador — the opportunity to challenge their detention and removal.
The ruling is related to deportations ordered under the Alien Enemies Act.
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to provide hundreds of migrants sent to CECOT — the maximum-security prison in El Salvador — the opportunity to challenge their detention and removal.
The ruling is related to deportations ordered under the Alien Enemies Act.
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NEW: The Trump administration has obeyed a court order to return a Guatemalan man improperly deported to Mexico in Feburary. His lawyer says he's en route to a detention facility in Arizona. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NEW: The Trump administration has obeyed a court order to return a Guatemalan man improperly deported to Mexico in Feburary. His lawyer says he's en route to a detention facility in Arizona. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Abolish Government Sponsored Human Traffiking . ABOLISH ICE
June 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Abolish Government Sponsored Human Traffiking . ABOLISH ICE
If the people are united they will never be defeated!
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Keep your eye out for more of these...
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Keep your eye out for more of these...
A call for emergency demos against ICE today, in Chicago, has been updated. Folks are distributing this flyer and asking people to head to location nearest to them— downtown by 4pm, or the Broadview Processing Center by 6pm.
This is **in addition** to the call for support at 2245 S Michigan.
This is **in addition** to the call for support at 2245 S Michigan.
June 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
If the people are united they will never be defeated!
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Keep your eye out for more of these...
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Keep your eye out for more of these...
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I guess this is what "not assisting ICE operations" looks like!
CPD van just pulled up as protest outside ISAP facility at 2245 S. Michigan in Chicago, as protest against ICE detentions grows. Police vehicles now stretch down the street.
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I guess this is what "not assisting ICE operations" looks like!
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Three alderpeople (Anthony Quezada, Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez, Byron Sigcho Lopez) on site at ISAP office. Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez. Reportedly also a chief from the mayor's office, Kennedy Bartley.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Three alderpeople (Anthony Quezada, Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez, Byron Sigcho Lopez) on site at ISAP office. Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez. Reportedly also a chief from the mayor's office, Kennedy Bartley.
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Dave is there:
On the scene at an ICE Intensive Supervision Appearance Program facility at 2245 S. Michigan in Chicago, where protestors and press have gathered in response to reports of federal agents detaining people at a surprise immigration check-in. Multiple Chicago police here as well.
June 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Dave is there:
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Crowd is reportedly growing at 2245 S Michigan. We've heard unconfirmed reports of 10 people detained, including an OCAD longtime member. ICE vehicles are in the alley but it’s not clear whether they will try to use those vehicles or go a different way.
June 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Crowd is reportedly growing at 2245 S Michigan. We've heard unconfirmed reports of 10 people detained, including an OCAD longtime member. ICE vehicles are in the alley but it’s not clear whether they will try to use those vehicles or go a different way.
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101 W Ida B Wells is also where everyone snatched at immigration court was sent too. Relocating there now.
June 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
101 W Ida B Wells is also where everyone snatched at immigration court was sent too. Relocating there now.
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Folks OTG are calling for mobilization to shift to ICE Field Office further north at 101 W. Congress, where the person could potentially be transported first.
Typically detainees are then also processed at the processing center in Broadview, IL.
Typically detainees are then also processed at the processing center in Broadview, IL.
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Folks OTG are calling for mobilization to shift to ICE Field Office further north at 101 W. Congress, where the person could potentially be transported first.
Typically detainees are then also processed at the processing center in Broadview, IL.
Typically detainees are then also processed at the processing center in Broadview, IL.
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We're not at 2245 S Michigan, but someone just sent this in.
People have mobilized outside an ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) office where a longtime member of OCAD was reportedly detained earlier today. Unknown whereabouts at this time, presumably being transported.
People have mobilized outside an ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) office where a longtime member of OCAD was reportedly detained earlier today. Unknown whereabouts at this time, presumably being transported.
June 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We're not at 2245 S Michigan, but someone just sent this in.
People have mobilized outside an ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) office where a longtime member of OCAD was reportedly detained earlier today. Unknown whereabouts at this time, presumably being transported.
People have mobilized outside an ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) office where a longtime member of OCAD was reportedly detained earlier today. Unknown whereabouts at this time, presumably being transported.
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One of the agents literally said to the attorney, “I’m just following orders.”
June 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
One of the agents literally said to the attorney, “I’m just following orders.”
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Agents just took a young woman, early 20s. She was with her attorney.
Agents took her, crying, into a side room to separate her from her attorney. When the attorney tried to speak with her from the hallway, agents told her she was “interfering with law enforcement.”
Agents took her, crying, into a side room to separate her from her attorney. When the attorney tried to speak with her from the hallway, agents told her she was “interfering with law enforcement.”
June 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Agents just took a young woman, early 20s. She was with her attorney.
Agents took her, crying, into a side room to separate her from her attorney. When the attorney tried to speak with her from the hallway, agents told her she was “interfering with law enforcement.”
Agents took her, crying, into a side room to separate her from her attorney. When the attorney tried to speak with her from the hallway, agents told her she was “interfering with law enforcement.”
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Second half of immigration court hearings have begun at 55 Monroe in Chicago. We can't film inside or are kicked out.
Before lunch, we watched ICE take a half dozen people into custody after DHS dismissed their cases. It's happening in courthouses all over, including NYC at this exact moment.
Before lunch, we watched ICE take a half dozen people into custody after DHS dismissed their cases. It's happening in courthouses all over, including NYC at this exact moment.
June 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Second half of immigration court hearings have begun at 55 Monroe in Chicago. We can't film inside or are kicked out.
Before lunch, we watched ICE take a half dozen people into custody after DHS dismissed their cases. It's happening in courthouses all over, including NYC at this exact moment.
Before lunch, we watched ICE take a half dozen people into custody after DHS dismissed their cases. It's happening in courthouses all over, including NYC at this exact moment.
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While this was happening, ICE took a woman into detention as she left the courtroom.
Nearly all morning hearings have concluded. It sounded like agents intended to return for the afternoon.
Nearly all morning hearings have concluded. It sounded like agents intended to return for the afternoon.
June 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While this was happening, ICE took a woman into detention as she left the courtroom.
Nearly all morning hearings have concluded. It sounded like agents intended to return for the afternoon.
Nearly all morning hearings have concluded. It sounded like agents intended to return for the afternoon.
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His wife, a US citizen, is devastated.
Her husband is from Senegal. She said his case wasn’t dismissed & was continued by the judge to next year. They didn’t think he was at any immediate risk for deportation.
The cruelty is heartbreaking.
Her husband is from Senegal. She said his case wasn’t dismissed & was continued by the judge to next year. They didn’t think he was at any immediate risk for deportation.
The cruelty is heartbreaking.
June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
His wife, a US citizen, is devastated.
Her husband is from Senegal. She said his case wasn’t dismissed & was continued by the judge to next year. They didn’t think he was at any immediate risk for deportation.
The cruelty is heartbreaking.
Her husband is from Senegal. She said his case wasn’t dismissed & was continued by the judge to next year. They didn’t think he was at any immediate risk for deportation.
The cruelty is heartbreaking.
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ICE just took the man who they mistook for the interpreter.
He looked young, 20s maybe. Dressed in a nice suit and tie. He had only a second to hug & say goodbye to the woman with him before agents, dressed in hoodies and ball caps, marched him out.
He looked young, 20s maybe. Dressed in a nice suit and tie. He had only a second to hug & say goodbye to the woman with him before agents, dressed in hoodies and ball caps, marched him out.
June 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ICE just took the man who they mistook for the interpreter.
He looked young, 20s maybe. Dressed in a nice suit and tie. He had only a second to hug & say goodbye to the woman with him before agents, dressed in hoodies and ball caps, marched him out.
He looked young, 20s maybe. Dressed in a nice suit and tie. He had only a second to hug & say goodbye to the woman with him before agents, dressed in hoodies and ball caps, marched him out.