Laura Rodríguez Presa
@lauranrodriguez.bsky.social
Bilingual Journalist at Chicago Tribune focused on immigration and Latinos/ Adj professor at DePaul University/ Maktub/ 1 John 4:16/ RTs ≠ endorsements /[email protected]
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When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
pressingissues.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
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“They’re not even treating me like a human being.” Our Sunday story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and Rebecca Johnson about Bovino’s agents racial profiling throughout Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“They’re not even treating me like a human being.” Our Sunday story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and Rebecca Johnson about Bovino’s agents racial profiling throughout Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
'We need to get out of here': Trump's immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
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When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
pressingissues.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
Latino U.S. citizens/ permanent residents racially profiled by immigration agents in Chicago.
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Latino U.S. citizens/ permanent residents racially profiled by immigration agents in Chicago.
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Only 16 of the 614 people whose Chicago-area immigration arrests may have violated a 2022 consent decree have criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk.”
Several have already reunited with their families in the Chicago area.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Several have already reunited with their families in the Chicago area.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Only 16 of the 614 people whose Chicago-area immigration arrests may have violated a 2022 consent decree have criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk.”
Several have already reunited with their families in the Chicago area.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Several have already reunited with their families in the Chicago area.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
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The Trump administration on Friday released the names of 614 people whose Chicago-area immigration arrests may have violated a 2022 consent decree, and only 16 of them have criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk.”
Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
trib.al
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Trump administration on Friday released the names of 614 people whose Chicago-area immigration arrests may have violated a 2022 consent decree, and only 16 of them have criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk.”
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I am so impressed with the Chicago journalists covering the invasion of their city, and this interview with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social is inspiring. A must read. Brava! pressingissues.org/when-the-gov...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I am so impressed with the Chicago journalists covering the invasion of their city, and this interview with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social is inspiring. A must read. Brava! pressingissues.org/when-the-gov...
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In today's Pressing Issues, we sit down for a conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering 'Operation Midway Blitz' and staying rooted in community.
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
pressingissues.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In today's Pressing Issues, we sit down for a conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering 'Operation Midway Blitz' and staying rooted in community.
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
More: https://pressingissues.org/when-the-government-doesnt-want-you-reporting-on-ice/
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Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Agents pointed guns out of their car windows at civilians/media, including 2 Tribune photographers, as they roamed around the neighborhood.
The shooter who allegedly targeted agents remains at large. DHS did not say which agency is investigating. Bovino said on X that between 5/7 shot were fired.
The shooter who allegedly targeted agents remains at large. DHS did not say which agency is investigating. Bovino said on X that between 5/7 shot were fired.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Agents pointed guns out of their car windows at civilians/media, including 2 Tribune photographers, as they roamed around the neighborhood.
The shooter who allegedly targeted agents remains at large. DHS did not say which agency is investigating. Bovino said on X that between 5/7 shot were fired.
The shooter who allegedly targeted agents remains at large. DHS did not say which agency is investigating. Bovino said on X that between 5/7 shot were fired.
Border Patrol in Little Village again today. Residents called it a show of force & retaliation after a court order limited agents’ use of force on protesters.
Agents were met by angry residents. DHS says shots were fired at agents. No injuries reported.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Agents were met by angry residents. DHS says shots were fired at agents. No injuries reported.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Sol Bobrov Obituary - IL
Sol A. Bobrov, 98, beloved husband of the late Madolyn; cherished father of Susan Johnson; amazing grandfather of Andrew (fiancee, Cameron Felder) Johnson and Julia (Daniel Chard) Johnson; fond bro…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Border Patrol in Little Village again today. Residents called it a show of force & retaliation after a court order limited agents’ use of force on protesters.
Agents were met by angry residents. DHS says shots were fired at agents. No injuries reported.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Agents were met by angry residents. DHS says shots were fired at agents. No injuries reported.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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After @mandophotos.bsky.social photographed federal agents pointing rifles at 26th/Lawndale yesterday, I inquired with DHS about what threat had prompted them to pull weapons on a busy commercial strip (pictured). This is the response I got from a representative of the United States government.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
After @mandophotos.bsky.social photographed federal agents pointing rifles at 26th/Lawndale yesterday, I inquired with DHS about what threat had prompted them to pull weapons on a busy commercial strip (pictured). This is the response I got from a representative of the United States government.
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Ogden and 26th Street at 11:30 a.m. today. Federal authorities claimed someone shot at their agents in Little Village this morning. They spent the next several hours circling the neighborhood, deploying chemical crowd controls and arresting people.
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ogden and 26th Street at 11:30 a.m. today. Federal authorities claimed someone shot at their agents in Little Village this morning. They spent the next several hours circling the neighborhood, deploying chemical crowd controls and arresting people.
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c... Our (nearly) final word on the day is here if you'd like to see. W/ @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @mandophotos.bsky.social, @briancassella.bsky.social.
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c... Our (nearly) final word on the day is here if you'd like to see. W/ @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @mandophotos.bsky.social, @briancassella.bsky.social.
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An infant girl in Chicago was tear gassed this morning by the U.S. government.
Developing story in Little Village.
Follow @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social who are reporting on the ground
Developing story in Little Village.
Follow @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social who are reporting on the ground
Little Village residents confront Bovino, border patrol agents Saturday
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
An infant girl in Chicago was tear gassed this morning by the U.S. government.
Developing story in Little Village.
Follow @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social who are reporting on the ground
Developing story in Little Village.
Follow @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social who are reporting on the ground
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BROADVIEW - state and local authorities just arrested about 20 women who hopped the concrete barricades outside the processing center, sat down in the middle of the street and joined hands. Took maybe five minutes all told.
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BROADVIEW - state and local authorities just arrested about 20 women who hopped the concrete barricades outside the processing center, sat down in the middle of the street and joined hands. Took maybe five minutes all told.
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I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino
LATEST: An ICE agent in the Chicago area for "Operation Midway Blitz" has been charged with DUI after leaving his shift at the Broadview facility.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
LATEST: An ICE agent in the Chicago area for "Operation Midway Blitz" has been charged with DUI after leaving his shift at the Broadview facility.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
After the blitz took off, we published an investigation of the horrid conditions inside the Broadview ICE facility.
Yesterday, a hearing over those conditions took place after Illinois advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against immigration officials.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/b...
Yesterday, a hearing over those conditions took place after Illinois advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against immigration officials.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/b...
‘It has really become a prison’: Broadview detainees detail dirty, overcrowded facility in court
Detainees are held in harrowing conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview, which is operating like a “black site” where people are little …
www.chicagotribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
After the blitz took off, we published an investigation of the horrid conditions inside the Broadview ICE facility.
Yesterday, a hearing over those conditions took place after Illinois advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against immigration officials.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/b...
Yesterday, a hearing over those conditions took place after Illinois advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against immigration officials.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/b...
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Relief could come soon for ICE detainees facing "cruel" conditions in Broadview, a judge says. blockclubchi.co/4qJ9nVq
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Relief could come soon for ICE detainees facing "cruel" conditions in Broadview, a judge says. blockclubchi.co/4qJ9nVq
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Nearly two months into “Operation Midway Blitz,” the controversial use-of-force tactics by immigration agents under the Trump administration will take center stage Wednesday in a Chicago federal courtroom.
Testimony from Bovino, body-cam footage among evidence expected in hearing over use of force by immigration agents
Nearly two months into “Operation Midway Blitz,” the controversial use-of-force tactics by immigration agents under the Trump administration will take center stage in a Chicago federal …
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nearly two months into “Operation Midway Blitz,” the controversial use-of-force tactics by immigration agents under the Trump administration will take center stage Wednesday in a Chicago federal courtroom.
Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...