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  • 'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block

    11/02/2025 4:27:03 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 30 replies
    Reuters.com ^ | November 2, 202510:09 AM CST | Heather Schlitz
    Summary Tear gas, car chases. The immigration crackdown in Chicago grows increasingly heated In Chicago neighborhoods, locals keep vigil for ICE operations Sounding the alarm on immigration crackdown by whistle and messaging apps CHICAGO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and 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-year-old, who works in marketing, ran out of her apartment when she heard the shrill sound of whistles. "Get out of...
  • Chicago ICE raids, National Guard troops prompt new school leaflets: ‘Know your rights’

    10/10/2025 8:45:49 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 12 replies
    Reuters | Yahoo ^ | October 10, 2025 | By Heather Schlitz
    CHICAGO (Reuters) -On a chilly morning outside Nash Elementary School in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, teachers greeted students with the usual high-fives and hugs, while handing out sheets with red-bolded words proclaiming in capital letters: “Defend your rights under the threat of occupation.” Four weeks into President Donald Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz" deportation drive, mass arrests across the city - which have swept up parents on their way to school and entire families - have induced fear in immigrant communities and protectiveness from educators, according to city leaders, the teachers' union, parents and immigration advocates. "My Latino students, they're fearing...