‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

MSN.com ^ | October 11, 2025 | Caitlin Dickerson

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Since immigration-enforcement agents began their descent on Chicago, acting with seemingly unprecedented speed and ferocity, Evelyn Vargas and her colleagues at Organized Communities Against Deportation have been in a frenzy. They help run an emergency hotline that refers people who have been detained to immigration lawyers and directs their families to support services such as food pantries, emergency housing, and mental-health care. (On a single day last week, it took 800 calls.) And they oversee a team of 35 “rapid responders” who have been sprinting across the city to film arrests, aiming for at least two to arrive on the scene within 10 minutes.

When training volunteers, OCAD instructs them to stay a safe distance from agents and makes clear that their goal is to observe but not intervene or prevent arrests. They share footage with elected officials and lawyers representing those apprehended, but do not post the videos online. And they emphasize that the safety of everyone involved is their top priority. Despite these precautions, Vargas told me that her colleagues, and others doing similar work in Chicago, have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them. A few weeks ago, agents temporarily detained some of their members—all of whom are citizens or legal residents—so Vargas and her colleagues quickly removed them from group chats in case their devices were searched.

To protect themselves and their work, they also keep their office location private and have started to ban phones, laptops, and other devices from meetings. No notes are allowed, except those taken by lawyers, about people who could be targeted by ICE. People interested in joining the group require an invitation and may be asked to participate after attending three meetings, but only if their references...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Since immigration-enforcement agents began their descent on Chicago, acting with seemingly unprecedented speed and ferocity, Evelyn Vargas and her colleagues at Organized Communities Against Deportation have been in a frenzy.

Awesome.

[KevinB]

Feel good article of the day.

[ridesthemiles]

AIDING-—ABETTING-—HARBORING

CHARGES NEED TO BE FILED TOMORROW

[kiryandil]

Free Republic: ‘It’s Never Been This Good’

[VanShuyten]

This article clearly outlines a conspiracy to aid and abet illegal aliens.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Evelyn Vargas and her colleagues at Organized Communities Against Deportation

Just as a matter of curiosity, where is the money coming from to pay these people?

[kiryandil]

To protect themselves and their work, they also keep their office location private and have started to ban phones, laptops, and other devices from meetings. No notes are allowed, except those taken by lawyers, about people who could be targeted by ICE. People interested in joining the group require an invitation and may be asked to participate after attending three meetings, but only if their references...

Sounds like a criminal conspiracy to me.

[delchiante]

Evelyn Vargas and her colleagues at Organized Communities Against Deportation have been in a frenzy. They help run an emergency hotline that refers people who have been detained to immigration lawyers and directs their families to support services such as food pantries, emergency housing, and mental-health care
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May this current job security they experience end with an obliteration of their jobs in a most FAFO fashion

[Sirius Lee]

There's only one Vargas, and Evelyn, you ain't it.

[Locomotive Breath]

It’s Never Been This Bad Good

Fixed it.

[null and void]

Stick around witch, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!

[rlmorel]

I hope it gets worse for them. Much worse. I hope it drives that POS organization out of existence.

[Apparatchik]

I have never been so gratified by the consequences of my vote in any election.

[AZJeep]

Isn’t helping criminals a criminal offence?

[servo1969]

Get out of my country.

[Nervous Tick]

>> CHARGES NEED TO BE FILED TOMORROW

Yep. They’re lawbreakers, not heroes.

[CFW]

Excellent news! This means Homan is ramping up the arrests and deportations of criminal illegal aliens.

[mass55th]

It’s only been this way because of years of ignoring the unfettered influx of illegals into this country, and RAT officials allowing criminals to run rampant without being held accountable for their violence.

[FlyingEagle]

Need 10 x this effort to deport illegal aliens.

At least.

Just get them out.

All of them.

[Bobbyvotes]

Democrats will sell their mother to acquire more power.
99% of illegals are future democrat voters.