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]
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...
A very disturbing video has emerged from today’s ICE/CBP operations in Avondale.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A very disturbing video has emerged from today’s ICE/CBP operations in Avondale.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
Immigraton agents today spotted in Avondale, Irving Park, Belmont Craigin.
Again, tear gassing residents that gather to demand they leave, and follow them to alert neighbors they’re in the area.
Developing.
Again, tear gassing residents that gather to demand they leave, and follow them to alert neighbors they’re in the area.
Developing.
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Immigraton agents today spotted in Avondale, Irving Park, Belmont Craigin.
Again, tear gassing residents that gather to demand they leave, and follow them to alert neighbors they’re in the area.
Developing.
Again, tear gassing residents that gather to demand they leave, and follow them to alert neighbors they’re in the area.
Developing.
Video shows top Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino tossing a canister at protesters in Little Village.
Attorneys in a federal lawsuit say he violated a court order barring agents from using tear gas & other ‘riot control weapons’ on protesters & journalists
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
Attorneys in a federal lawsuit say he violated a court order barring agents from using tear gas & other ‘riot control weapons’ on protesters & journalists
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Video shows top Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino tossing a canister at protesters in Little Village.
Attorneys in a federal lawsuit say he violated a court order barring agents from using tear gas & other ‘riot control weapons’ on protesters & journalists
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
Attorneys in a federal lawsuit say he violated a court order barring agents from using tear gas & other ‘riot control weapons’ on protesters & journalists
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...
Here’s one more from Maywood.
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here’s one more from Maywood.
Parking lot of Menards
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Parking lot of Menards
Multiple community reports indicate that ICE and Border Patrol agents in unmarked vehicles are targeting construction workers, landscapers, and roofers today in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
Here are a few videos/ images shared.
Here are a few videos/ images shared.
October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Multiple community reports indicate that ICE and Border Patrol agents in unmarked vehicles are targeting construction workers, landscapers, and roofers today in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
Here are a few videos/ images shared.
Here are a few videos/ images shared.
A young man confronts ICE agents outside his mechanic shop near the Swap-O-Rama.
“We’re protecting all the U.S citizens,” they tell him.
“I don’t want your protection,” he responds.
“We’re protecting all the U.S citizens,” they tell him.
“I don’t want your protection,” he responds.
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A young man confronts ICE agents outside his mechanic shop near the Swap-O-Rama.
“We’re protecting all the U.S citizens,” they tell him.
“I don’t want your protection,” he responds.
“We’re protecting all the U.S citizens,” they tell him.
“I don’t want your protection,” he responds.
A scene from today’s ICE operations in Chicago: Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
Read the full story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...
Read the full story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A scene from today’s ICE operations in Chicago: Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
Read the full story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...
Read the full story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...
Here’s the video that Andrew Denton took while he was getting lunch.
Denton said that agents had been stopped there for less than a minute and that aside from people yelling at them, “no one was attacking the agents.”
“There was no reason for them to that,” he said.
Denton said that agents had been stopped there for less than a minute and that aside from people yelling at them, “no one was attacking the agents.”
“There was no reason for them to that,” he said.
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here’s the video that Andrew Denton took while he was getting lunch.
Denton said that agents had been stopped there for less than a minute and that aside from people yelling at them, “no one was attacking the agents.”
“There was no reason for them to that,” he said.
Denton said that agents had been stopped there for less than a minute and that aside from people yelling at them, “no one was attacking the agents.”
“There was no reason for them to that,” he said.
The group aimed to conduct an unannounced visit to check on the conditions of the detainees held there.
A masked agent spoke to them through the gates wearing a face mask, black shades and a White Sox hat. He refused to identify himself to members of U.S Congress.
A masked agent spoke to them through the gates wearing a face mask, black shades and a White Sox hat. He refused to identify himself to members of U.S Congress.
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The group aimed to conduct an unannounced visit to check on the conditions of the detainees held there.
A masked agent spoke to them through the gates wearing a face mask, black shades and a White Sox hat. He refused to identify himself to members of U.S Congress.
A masked agent spoke to them through the gates wearing a face mask, black shades and a White Sox hat. He refused to identify himself to members of U.S Congress.