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  • Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that’s now a model for other cities

    11/16/2025 5:58:59 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 10:14 AM CST, November 16, 2025 | SOPHIA TAREEN and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
    CHICAGO (AP) — Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood.Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts his plans on Facebook.“We don’t know if they’re going to come back. All we know is we’ve got to get ready,” he tells thousands of followers. “Give us any tips if you see any suspicious cars.”Moments later, his phone buzzes.As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting...
  • 'Racist' texts from McDonald's CEO to Lori Lightfoot on Chicago shootings met with swift backlash

    11/04/2021 5:05:25 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 39 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 11/4/2021 | Emma Colton
    The CEO of McDonald’s is facing backlash after a text he sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed he blamed parents for the recent fatal shootings of two kids in the city. "He doesn’t know what it is to be poor. People like him look at our community like garbage and at the same time want to sell us their products," Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, told The Chicago Tribune of McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski. "We give a lot of money to his corporation. He should put that money back into our community." A text Kempczinski sent...