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Gregory Pratt

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Chicago Tribune investigative reporter. Little Village raised. Proud Tribune Guild. I'm just trying to make my city a better place. Author: "The City is Up for Grabs."

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · Nov 13

Greetings, Bluesky!

I am an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, with extensive experience covering city government and suburban corruption. If you have tips about people being hurt by their government, healthcare or business, I’m [email protected]. Signal: 312-292-8481

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 48m

Here’s the story a Latina US citizen told me about being surrounded by masked agents who demanded her papers and, when they got them, told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h

Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward. A story from @jake-sheridan.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com about aldermen opposing ICE www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/t...

Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward

Some Chicago aldermen are adding new duties: getting tear-gassed and handcuffed, organizing legions of volunteers, and standing guard near elementary schools.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

The most important news story in the country is happening in Chicago right now with the ongoing Trump deportation raids.

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Mitchell Armentrout @mitchtrout.bsky.social · 20h

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today' chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/... from @vimiller.bsky.social & @tylerplariviere.bsky.social

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.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 20h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Read this dispatch from 2025 America: Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho. By @chicagotribune.com @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...

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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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE went after folks coming out of a Rogers Park laundromat on Thursday

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

Refusing “position of fear,” Broadview’s mayor deals with ICE and a national spotlight. A well-done profile of a local mayor going from sleepy town to dealing with deep tensions. By @ckubzansky.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/r...

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

The ballgame last night ruled

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

Man says ICE and the Feds should be going after gangbangers as they claim instead of going against immigrants who came here to work hard and “fight for our lives.”

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

At Broadview: A person in a chicken suit dances as a Mexican-American man debates some MAGA folks.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

ICE claims it’s going after “the worst of the worst” and good people are being hit incidentally. What’s incidental about going after tamale vendors? Where’s the “worst of the worst” there?

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 3d

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

We interrupt your daily activities to remind you: Few people have done more damage to civic Chicago than Michael Ferro, who sold his shares to Alden allowing all sorts of damage to the public's right to know in this town. He resigned as our chairman amid disgrace, too. Bleh!

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3d

Chicago technology entrepreneur Michael Ferro and his wife, Jacqueline, are planning an estimated $2.85 million renovation of the 8,000-square-foot Gold Coast duplex penthouse they bought last year for $7.7 million.

Tech entrepreneur Michael Ferro and his wife plan nearly $3M renovation of Gold Coast penthouse

The couple purchased the penthouse last year for $7.7 million.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

Journalism is not a crime. Free Debbie Brockman!

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

Strange things happen on opinion pages

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 3d

Booming business at Chicago Housing Authority — a total of almost $22M — for the boyfriend, sister and daughter of longtime CHA board member Debra Parker.

My new investigation for @wbez.org and @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Chicago Housing Authority pays $22 million to companies tied to board member

The three vendors include longtime CHA Commissioner Debra Parker’s daughter, sister and boyfriend, shows a WBEZ investigation, but Parker says she hasn’t helped them.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved icon.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s the temporary restraining order against President Trump and Homeland Security in the Chicago National Guard lawsuit

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

bizarre and goofy, plenty of other press associations and news bodies are standing up for themselves

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 4d

Illinois Press Association CEO resigns after board orders him to withdraw from lawsuit filed to protect journalists

* Mary Randolph with the Northwestern University Medill Local News Initiative… The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a dispute with the IPA’s board over the litigation. Don Craven, who had led the IPA since [...]

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

From the so-called free speech zone in Broadview: Protesters watched intently for any movement from federal officials. When they see them, they launch into a mix of taunts, insults and criticism.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

Protesters reusing a Lori Lightfoot campaign sign to write on the back of. Lightfoot has also been advising the Mayor of Broadview.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

Relatively quiet in Bridgeview except for the occasional SUV driven out of the facility by masked agents. A protester with a bullhorn keeps criticizing folks at ICE facility: “The national guard is on the wrong side of the fence,” he said. “Why are you protecting kidnappers?”

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