Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

https://flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

https://flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond to the growing controversy over his ties to #Epstein.

“My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract. What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to #war with #Venezuela just to get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

[we’re all worried about that JB]
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond to the growing controversy over his ties to #Epstein.

“My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract. What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to #war with #Venezuela just to get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

[we’re all worried about that JB]
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

#chicago #illinois #fuckice #ice #fuckborderpatrol #protest

ice: would people hate us more if we:

- did a drive-by pepper spray
- while going the opposite direction on an unblocked road
- with a 1 year old in pepper sprayed car

#chicago #illinois #fuckice #ice #fuckborderpatrol #protest

ice: would people hate us more if we:

- did a drive-by pepper spray
- while going the opposite direction on an unblocked road
- with a 1 year old in pepper sprayed car

The Trump administration bans praying outside or inside the Broadview ICE detention center in the Chicago area.

"Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/

#news #chicago #uspol #immigration #law #illinois

The Trump administration bans praying outside or inside the Broadview ICE detention center in the Chicago area.

"Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/

#news #chicago #uspol #immigration #law #illinois

"There's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening," the pontiff said on Tuesday, when asked about the condition of #immigrants detained at a federal facility in #Broadview, #Illinois, near #Chicago.

"I know how much it means to detainees & their families that #PopeLeo is paying close attention to the suffering of migrants & their families here," Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told Reuters.

#Trump #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law

Last week, federal #immigration agents targeted #Evanston, #Illinois, a northern #Chicago suburb that is home to #Northwestern, in a sweep that included a raid of a #retirement community. On Oct 31, 3 US #citizens who were watching a woman's violent arrest were shoved into an agent's car & driven around for hours before they were released at an FBI field office without charges, acc/to a court filing in a federal case brought by journalists & protesters against agents' #UseOfForce.

#law

The woman, who was identified in a parents' text group shared with Reuters as Diana Santillana, a #teacher in the #infant classroom from Medellin, Colombia, could be heard saying in Spanish, "I have papers."

The agents grabbed the teacher in front of children, US Rep Mike Quigley, an #Illinois #Democrat, said in a statement. Shocked #parents …said the #school had recently told them that all the teachers were legally authorized to work….

#Trump #law #immigration #Chicago #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

" #SKOKIE, #Illinois — Just off East Prairie Road in this suburb of #Chicago is a sign that says, “Welcome to Hersh’s Fridge.” At the bottom is a line in Aramaic, quoting the Passover Haggadah: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”

It may not look like much, but the sign points to a pioneering project: an outdoor #kosher community fridge that offers free, fresh #foods and prepared #meals that anyone can take anonymously. The #food, provided by #volunteers and local kosher restaurants, is available at any time of day or night.

The effort is aimed at providing food support for strapped kosher-observant households in the heavily Jewish neighborhood northwest of Chicago."

https://www.jta.org/2025/11/05/food/a-kosher-community-fridge-in-chicagos-jewish-suburbs-arrives-amid-rising-food-insecurity

" #SKOKIE, #Illinois — Just off East Prairie Road in this suburb of #Chicago is a sign that says, “Welcome to Hersh’s Fridge.” At the bottom is a line in Aramaic, quoting the Passover Haggadah: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”

It may not look like much, but the sign points to a pioneering project: an outdoor #kosher community fridge that offers free, fresh #foods and prepared #meals that anyone can take anonymously. The #food, provided by #volunteers and local kosher restaurants, is available at any time of day or night.

The effort is aimed at providing food support for strapped kosher-observant households in the heavily Jewish neighborhood northwest of Chicago."

https://www.jta.org/2025/11/05/food/a-kosher-community-fridge-in-chicagos-jewish-suburbs-arrives-amid-rising-food-insecurity

A federal grand jury refuses to indict protestors arrested outside of the Broadview ICE detention center near Chicago.

An attorney says a no-bill is a once in a lifetime event.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/grand-jury-refuses-to-indict-ice-activists/ar-AA1PRkOc

#law #uspol #immigration #chicago #illinois

#Bovino carries out #Halloween #arrests. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says

The agents swept through the #Chicago Albany Park & Edison Park neighborhoods, & suburban #Evanston, #Skokie & #Niles Friday morning & afternoon after [dog killer] #DHS Secy #KristiNoem said *enforcement* [terrorist] operations would continue on Halloween despite #Illinois Gov #JBPritzker asking they pause for the holiday.

#Trump #law #CivilRights #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/2-detained-pepper-balls-fired-by-federal-agents-in-albany-park-it-happens-so-fast