Oliver Laughland
@oliverlaughland.bsky.social
US Southern Bureau Chief and Investigations Correspondent - The Guardian
And here’s my print dispatch from the Broadview protests and the community groups organizing their own anti-ICE neighborhood patrols in Chicago:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My travels through Chicago: tear gas, resistance and Trump’s big immigration crackdown
Donald Trump recently launched ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ in the city and threatened to send in the National Guard. The mood is febrile, with fears things could get worse
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And here’s my print dispatch from the Broadview protests and the community groups organizing their own anti-ICE neighborhood patrols in Chicago:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alexandria’s airpark also houses a unique Ice detention center, which opens directly out onto the tarmac and holds only adult men.
We uncovered systematic due process violations, poor medical care and inhumane conditions in another investigation published last month:
We uncovered systematic due process violations, poor medical care and inhumane conditions in another investigation published last month:
Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear
A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Alexandria’s airpark also houses a unique Ice detention center, which opens directly out onto the tarmac and holds only adult men.
We uncovered systematic due process violations, poor medical care and inhumane conditions in another investigation published last month:
We uncovered systematic due process violations, poor medical care and inhumane conditions in another investigation published last month:
The family were detained at a hotel in Alexandria, LA. The town’s airport is a hub for Trump’s deportation machine.
We have revealed a Sheraton hotel near the airport is being used to detain families before deportation.
We could not confirm this in Rosario’s case & Marriott declined to comment:
We have revealed a Sheraton hotel near the airport is being used to detain families before deportation.
We could not confirm this in Rosario’s case & Marriott declined to comment:
Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate
Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The family were detained at a hotel in Alexandria, LA. The town’s airport is a hub for Trump’s deportation machine.
We have revealed a Sheraton hotel near the airport is being used to detain families before deportation.
We could not confirm this in Rosario’s case & Marriott declined to comment:
We have revealed a Sheraton hotel near the airport is being used to detain families before deportation.
We could not confirm this in Rosario’s case & Marriott declined to comment:
I’ve covered street protests for years and never seen this much tear gas used on such a small crowd
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’ve covered street protests for years and never seen this much tear gas used on such a small crowd
What seemed like a few dozen officers surged out firing tear gas and pepper balls dispersing much of the crowd and arresting at least one person.
Two vehicles appear to have left the facility
Two vehicles appear to have left the facility
September 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What seemed like a few dozen officers surged out firing tear gas and pepper balls dispersing much of the crowd and arresting at least one person.
Two vehicles appear to have left the facility
Two vehicles appear to have left the facility
DHS are playing a dispersal order over a loudspeaker as three masked agents observe from the roof:
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
DHS are playing a dispersal order over a loudspeaker as three masked agents observe from the roof:
More protesters are arriving and attempting to block a number of government SUVs from entering the facility.
A small phalanx of officers, including some wearing US border patrol ID, have come out to escort the vehicles inside and push protesters aside:
A small phalanx of officers, including some wearing US border patrol ID, have come out to escort the vehicles inside and push protesters aside:
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
More protesters are arriving and attempting to block a number of government SUVs from entering the facility.
A small phalanx of officers, including some wearing US border patrol ID, have come out to escort the vehicles inside and push protesters aside:
A small phalanx of officers, including some wearing US border patrol ID, have come out to escort the vehicles inside and push protesters aside: