Jeffrey Janusch
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CPD’s gang database rears its head again.
“Chicago’s sanctuary rules barred most data sharing with immigration officers, but a carve-out at the time for ‘known gang members’ left open a back door. Over the course of a decade, immigration officers tapped into the database more than 32,000 times.”
“Chicago’s sanctuary rules barred most data sharing with immigration officers, but a carve-out at the time for ‘known gang members’ left open a back door. Over the course of a decade, immigration officers tapped into the database more than 32,000 times.”
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
CPD’s gang database rears its head again.
“Chicago’s sanctuary rules barred most data sharing with immigration officers, but a carve-out at the time for ‘known gang members’ left open a back door. Over the course of a decade, immigration officers tapped into the database more than 32,000 times.”
“Chicago’s sanctuary rules barred most data sharing with immigration officers, but a carve-out at the time for ‘known gang members’ left open a back door. Over the course of a decade, immigration officers tapped into the database more than 32,000 times.”
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Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
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Pritzker is gaslighting us about his empowerment of immigration enforcement. Border Patrol could run rampant in Chicago only after Pritzker’s goons lifted the siege at Broadview.
Protesters Keep Getting Arrested At Broadview By State Police Despite Promise To Protect Free Speech
About 80 protesters have been arrested at the ICE facility since barricades went up. Protesters and legal observers say the arrests run counter to the state’s stated goals of ensuring public safety an...
blockclubchicago.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Pritzker is gaslighting us about his empowerment of immigration enforcement. Border Patrol could run rampant in Chicago only after Pritzker’s goons lifted the siege at Broadview.
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Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
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This is a fine first step to get a baseline but ultimately the court has to order ICE to comply with unscheduled site visits. Otherwise the feds are just playing a shell game.
Govt attys say ICE Deputy Field Office Director Shawn Byers will lead the tour of the facility, and explain what changes have been made since last week.
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is a fine first step to get a baseline but ultimately the court has to order ICE to comply with unscheduled site visits. Otherwise the feds are just playing a shell game.
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““Everyone say, ‘Little Village!'” These vicious goons are trolling us, sneaking in early on a Monday morning to pose at a tourist attraction. We’ll see who laughs last. 😉
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
““Everyone say, ‘Little Village!'” These vicious goons are trolling us, sneaking in early on a Monday morning to pose at a tourist attraction. We’ll see who laughs last. 😉
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Lip service is cheap, and that’s all we get from chumps like Durbin.
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Lip service is cheap, and that’s all we get from chumps like Durbin.
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Democrats are willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing and are extremely successful at doing it
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Democrats are willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing and are extremely successful at doing it
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If this is true, I expect this will be an ugly week. These fascists will want to generate more splashy fascist propaganda for their IG reels before Bovino moves on.
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
If this is true, I expect this will be an ugly week. These fascists will want to generate more splashy fascist propaganda for their IG reels before Bovino moves on.
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Thinking about when Willie Wilson said police “should be able to chase them [anyone who runs from police] down, and hunt them down like a rabbit,” and Paul Vallas wanted to “take the handcuffs off police.”
Everyone’s getting to see what that looks like in practice now & they don’t seem to like it.
Everyone’s getting to see what that looks like in practice now & they don’t seem to like it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thinking about when Willie Wilson said police “should be able to chase them [anyone who runs from police] down, and hunt them down like a rabbit,” and Paul Vallas wanted to “take the handcuffs off police.”
Everyone’s getting to see what that looks like in practice now & they don’t seem to like it.
Everyone’s getting to see what that looks like in practice now & they don’t seem to like it.
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These Border Patrol cowboys are indiscriminate, wantonly cruel.
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 9:56 PM
These Border Patrol cowboys are indiscriminate, wantonly cruel.
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This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
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DHS regularly posts faces, names & personal details about journalists & arrestees to social media, often accompanied with inflammatory, dehumanizing language & false accusations.
They freely expose everyday people to personal security risks, while claiming their armed fed agents live in terror.
They freely expose everyday people to personal security risks, while claiming their armed fed agents live in terror.
Hedges asks if Hewson had any hesitation about testifying today.
Hewson says he did. "I'm continuing on this mission wherever it goes," he tells Hedges. And, with his face and name exposed, that "could eventually lead to a doxing event or harm come to my family."
Hewson says he did. "I'm continuing on this mission wherever it goes," he tells Hedges. And, with his face and name exposed, that "could eventually lead to a doxing event or harm come to my family."
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
DHS regularly posts faces, names & personal details about journalists & arrestees to social media, often accompanied with inflammatory, dehumanizing language & false accusations.
They freely expose everyday people to personal security risks, while claiming their armed fed agents live in terror.
They freely expose everyday people to personal security risks, while claiming their armed fed agents live in terror.
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This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
Listening to CPD radio traffic from something last month and can hear the whistles in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
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A central part of ICE's strategy here is to keep detainees hungry and thirsty in squalor to incentivize them to sign self-deportation papers to escape their inhumane conditions. And of course, they also lie to their captives about what they are signing.
Agustin Zamacona, who speaks and reads English, further says an agent in Broadview tried to get him to sign a self-deportation form by telling him it was court paperwork.
"I saw they weren't court papers, they were for deportation, so I didn't sign it," he says.
"I saw they weren't court papers, they were for deportation, so I didn't sign it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A central part of ICE's strategy here is to keep detainees hungry and thirsty in squalor to incentivize them to sign self-deportation papers to escape their inhumane conditions. And of course, they also lie to their captives about what they are signing.
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No government agency is safe. They’re all working with ICE.
learning nothing at this point is an intentional choice
Cook County Board Reapproves Contract with ICE-Linked Data Firm as Raids Sweep Chicago
Four years after first being warned that a contract risked exposing immigrant data to ICE, Cook County approved another renewal—this time with advocates commissioners voicing frustration that stronger...
southsideweekly.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
No government agency is safe. They’re all working with ICE.
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ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
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Outside Chicago—
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Outside Chicago—
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
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Rahm Emanuel talks about the police murder of Laquan McDonald today very differently than he did in 2021:
“Emanuel has said that he needed to let the official process play out. ‘If the mayor weighs in, you’re basically compromising those investigations,’” he tells @theatlantic.com (1/2)
“Emanuel has said that he needed to let the official process play out. ‘If the mayor weighs in, you’re basically compromising those investigations,’” he tells @theatlantic.com (1/2)
Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d like you to keep an open mind.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Rahm Emanuel talks about the police murder of Laquan McDonald today very differently than he did in 2021:
“Emanuel has said that he needed to let the official process play out. ‘If the mayor weighs in, you’re basically compromising those investigations,’” he tells @theatlantic.com (1/2)
“Emanuel has said that he needed to let the official process play out. ‘If the mayor weighs in, you’re basically compromising those investigations,’” he tells @theatlantic.com (1/2)