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Joanna Klonsky
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leahfeiger.bsky.social
NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.

read @telliotter.bsky.social:
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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unraveledpress.com
It is agonizing to now watch another city go through this
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 4d
CLT folks

CBP gearing up @ South Tryon & Westinghouse in Steele Creek as of the past half hour.
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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meredithshiner.com
I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.

for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
Most of the hearing was routine. At one point, however, Straw's attorney, Christopher Parente, lodged a largely symbolic objection over his client having to turn in his passport, calling him a "boring suburban dad" and saying his whole reason for going to the protest in the first place included objecting to the government checking people's passports and papers. Parente said it wasn't fair for Straw "to sit here now and ask him to turn his passport over to the government for no reason other than they think they can," adding that "landscapers arrested by ICE cannot stand up to the government." "Mr. Straw can, and your Honor can, too," Parente said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg said the passport was about bond conditions, not about what ICE is doing on the streets, and that defendants have turned in their passports "in every case I've had for 19 years." After McShain decided Straw did not have to turn in his passport, Mecklenburg said she'd drop the requirement for all defendants to ensure Straw was not receiving special treatment.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
More in Chicago ICE legal news today: District Judge Jeremy Daniel has ordered the govt to provide Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, whom ICE agents dragged out of a Rayito Del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last Wednesday, with a bond hearing "on or before" Nov. 18.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Good afternoon from Chicago's Federal Plaza. A rally is underway now in support of the "Broadview Six," who face arraignment in about 45 minutes on federal conspiracy and impeding charges, stemming from their participation in a Sept. 26 protest in front of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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peoplesfabric.com
This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.

All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
ADS-B Exchange screenshot showing Avelo N804VL landing in El Paso after departing Gary, IN a few hours ago.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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lyndab08.bsky.social
“My dad has lived in Des Plaines, IL for over 30 years. He’s worked hard every single day to support our family and help others. We were just doing landscaping work in downtown Des Plaines when ICE came out of nowhere. They detained my dad and another worker I was held too but eventually let go”
Donate to Help Bring My Dad Home — Detained by ICE, organized by Xavier Rivera
My dad has lived in Des Plaines, Illinois for over 30 years. He’s worked hard e… Xavier Rivera needs your support for Help Bring My Dad Home — Detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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meredithshiner.com
it snowed one time and they’re packing it in
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
The visit has been tentatively planned for Thursday morning, and details will be sorted out early next week.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
New: Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, two men formerly held at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and now the named plaintiffs in a federal class action alleging inhumane treatment at the facility, are being released from federal custody per a successful habeas petition.
Image text of an order from District Judge Sara Ellis, ordering the release of Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona on a habeas petition. The men are the class representative plaintiffs in a federal class action challenging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and until today were being held at Chicago's Metro Correctional Center. District Judge Sara Ellis found their detention violated due process. Image text of an order from District Judge Sara Ellis, ordering the release of Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona on a habeas petition. The men are the class representative plaintiffs in a federal class action challenging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and until today were being held at Chicago's Metro Correctional Center. District Judge Sara Ellis found their detention violated due process. Image text of an order from District Judge Sara Ellis, ordering the release of Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona on a habeas petition. The men are the class representative plaintiffs in a federal class action challenging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and until today were being held at Chicago's Metro Correctional Center. District Judge Sara Ellis found their detention violated due process. Image text of an order from District Judge Sara Ellis, ordering the release of Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona on a habeas petition. The men are the class representative plaintiffs in a federal class action challenging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and until today were being held at Chicago's Metro Correctional Center. District Judge Sara Ellis found their detention violated due process.
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Reposted by Joanna Klonsky
mulchy.bsky.social
federal agents are back in the skokie/evanston area this morning.

this video, posted to facebook about 10 minutes ago, shows federal agents driving through the williamsburg village subdivision amid construction vehicles parked along the road.

lots of residents out with whistles.
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
My latest story about how the community at Chappell Elementary in Lincoln Square are trying to help a family after ICE took their dad. It’s a look at the disruption and resistance roiling Chicago
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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meredithshiner.com
@ramirez.house.gov says that ICE agents went room to room inside the daycare, looking for teachers to take in front of literal toddlers
meredithshiner.com Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 14d
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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mulchy.bsky.social
new: federal agents have targeted rideshare drivers at o'hare on at least ten separate days since october 10.

in some cases, agents returned to abduct drivers multiple times in a single day, taking as many as ten to 20 people each time.

via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:
‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’ - Chicago Reader
Federal agents have repeatedly terrorize rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport.
chicagoreader.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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vimiller.bsky.social
looks like Chicago’s anti-ICE resources and whistle codes have made their way to D.C. (Pilsen Arts and Community House is credited on the bottom)
danvock.bsky.social Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 15d
Sign of the times: Someone was handing these out to adults in my D.C. neighborhood while kids were trick or treating
Whistle with instructions to notify neighbors about the presence of ICE or other federal immigration enforcement agents
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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uninoticias.bsky.social
➡️ Hispana detenida por agentes federales frente a su hija es liberada: aún enfrenta un juicio.

Los detalles 👉 uni.vi/fBYy106pkey
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
The Torres family reunited. Photos by chris sweda of Ruben Torres, Ofelia, Sandibell and Nathan.
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
NEWS: Ruben Torres Maldonado is coming home to his wife, sick daughter and four-year old son.

An immigration judge granted the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment. Story coming
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
Ruben Torres reunites with his wife in Indiana after being detained by ICE for nearly two weeks. He is headed back to his daughter Ofelia
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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lyndab08.bsky.social
Statement from Alderwoman Julia Ramirez regarding the man taken by federal agents at a barbershop in Brighton Park.

“This is an unjust and horrifying act that violates the trust, dignity, and safety of our community members by tricking them into letting agents inside private property.”
Statement regarding ice activity in Brighton park At approximately 11:00am a plainclothes agent arrived at rockstar fades asking about available services and mentioning that he would return at 1:00pm during his break to receive a service. However at 11:30am the same agent returned, accompanied by two other officers. The ice agents called for a worker, detained him, and threatened to detain anyone who attempted to intervene. At no points did the agents present a warrant prior to the arrest. This incident is deeply troubling and represents a blatant abuse of power. This is an unjust and horrifying act that violates the trust, dignity, and safety of our community members by tricking them into letting agents inside private property. If you are a property owner of a lot you can request that ice agents leave your property unless they can present a notice warrant signed by a judge. If you believe you see ice activity call the Illinois family support network hotline at 855-435-7693 or contact the 12th Ward office at 773-475-6783. Our staff is actively Responding to reports of ice sightings.
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
Ald. Andre Vasquez: “The federal government is targeting my chief of staff, Cat Sharp and others for standing up and speaking out against their brutal campaign against immigrants. They want to scare us into submission. It won’t work.“
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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catsharpforcook.bsky.social
They want us to sit down and shut up. It won't work.
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
i was all in on mamdani until i found out that he called his dad's cousin his "aunt" instead of using the term we all know and love, "cousin once removed"
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM