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#Chicago locals take on #ICE block-by-block

The #immigration agents' #TearGas #grenades clinked & then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.
“We don't want you here,”yelled Rae Lindenberg. The 32-yr-old, who works in marketing, ran out of her apartment when she heard the shrill sound of whistles. "Get out of our neighborhood!"

#Trump #law #Constitution #CivilRights #fascism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/were-not-violent-city-chicago-locals-take-ice-block-by-block-2025-11-02/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

The squad of agents had appeared in Lakeview last month, an upscale neighborhood dotted with dog daycares, medical spas & vegan restaurants, hopping over a gate to chase down a construction worker who was handcuffed & shoved into a vehicle.

When Courtney Conway, a 42-yr-old lifelong #Chicago resident, heard about the chase through FB groups & text message chains, she hopped on her bike to join the #protesters.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

“We are not a violent city. This is not a war zone, & I think these guys are terrorizing us & trying to incite us,” said Conway. “We want them out. We want them to stop kidnapping our neighbors.”

#Chicago, a city of 2.7 million, has long been known as a patchwork of close-knit neighborhoods. And since the city took center stage of #Trump’s #immigration crackdown in September, those neighborhoods have mobilized against enforcement efforts, sometimes block-by-block.

#law #RightToProtest #fascism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

That hyperlocal effort, spun off into dozens of chats on social platforms, has helped create a type of zone defense that - activists say - has slowed down #immigration agents & in some cases forced them to withdraw without making an arrest.

…Over 3,000 people have been detained in #Chicago since early September, acc/to #DHS.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

In Facebook groups & on Signal chats, tens of thousands of residents regularly #crowdsource information on #immigration agents’ last-known locations, neighborhoods being targeted that day & — importantly — the license plates, makes & models of the rental cars used by agents, which can change daily.

Some #ICE-spotting Facebook pages in #Chicago have up to 50,000 members.

#resist #Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #Authoritarianism #fascism #Tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

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