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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 21h

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Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas In Albany Park As Neighbors Block Immigration Arrest

It is the latest use of chemical irritants deployed by agents in neighborhoods. The incident was also the latest example of increased neighbor resistance to immigration enforcement in Chicago.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

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.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday night suppression by Illinois State Police near Broadview ICE facility

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3d

LATEST: A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.

Appeals court denies Trump administration request to halt judge’s ruling on National Guard pending appeal

A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National …

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

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Find Me A Therapist

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

The WGN producer was released with no charges, per the outlet wgntv.com/news/operati...

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very concerned for my fellow Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman. I hope we hear news about what has happened to her soon.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

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

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4d

Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 4d

"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 4d

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.

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.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

NEW — Federal judges in Chicago handed the Trump administration two major defeats on Thursday, but the week isn’t done yet.

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Trump’s bad week in court • The TRiiBE

Federal judges in Chicago handed the Trump administration two major defeats on Thursday, but the week isn’t done yet.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 4d

Oops, here is a link. It's worth your time. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 4d

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ via @chicago.suntimes.com

Amid the smoke bombs and screams that ricocheted throughout a South Shore building last month during a massive military-style immigration raid, one man heard a knock on his door.

On the other side was a mom and her seven-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
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“I wasn’t planning on letting her stay, but I didn’t know what the hell was going on,” the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 4d

The resident of a rundown apartment building on Chicago’s South Side was not about to let in the Venezuelan migrant neighbors who came to his door that night.

But the 7-year-old girl was terrified — and she hid under the neighbor’s bed during the federal raid
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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 4d

When my daughter's school went into lockdown over ICE reports yesterday, another local parent told me that volunteers were immediately on scene to offer support. (lockdown was quickly lifted, with no notable activity).

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 4d

It's really striking how many people in Chicago seem to be visibly engaged. As teenagers stream into school, speaking a mix of languages, I notice adults with their orange whistles strolling the neighborhood and scanning cars.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

I know a lot of people are still absorbing judge Perry's order against national guard deployment in Illinois. A couple things to keep in mind:

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like we didn't have to wait for tomorrow for the written order: bsky.app/profile/jons...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump admin is also expected to appeal. Govt. counsel even asked Perry for an administrative stay on the order pending appeal, which the judge didn't grant.

This will probably soon end up before the 7th Circuit appellate court - which has a fair share of conservative judges.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

For one, this is a *temporary restraining order.* it expires in two weeks, hence why Perry ordered a hearing on its possible extension on Oct. 22. It's not a permanent injunction on national guard federalization / deployment in Illinois.

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