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As an unprecedented #immigration crackdown enters a 3rd month, a growing number of #Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a #racist & aggressive #overreach of the federal govt. The #Democratic stronghold’s response has tapped established activists & everyday residents from wealthy suburbs to working class neighborhoods.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
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Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
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#News #Chicago #ICE #Immigration #FBI #Venezuela #Immigrants #Trump
This is #Chicago
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid #Trump #immigration crackdown
The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods & stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food & deliver it to #shelters & #families in need.
#law #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #ICE #CBP
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1-yr-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in #Chicago
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam’s Club Saturday morning. The action obviously violates a judge’s restriction on use of force.
#Trump #law #immigration #judiciary #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
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1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restriction on use of force.Chicago Sun-Times
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you…
What he wants you to understand is the experience of being under siege by the secret police.
"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
Cupich, who leads an archdiocese including about 2 million #Catholics, said the #Church's teachings about helping #immigrants cannot be disregarded.
"This is not some abstract value that people who say they are #Christian can easily ignore," said the cardinal. "No, this is the kind of moral imperative that is tested in the here and now."
#Trump #immigration #Chicago #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion #FirstAmendment
…#PopeLeo, originally from the #Chicago area, …has been steadily increasing his criticisms of #Trump.
…Cardinal Michael Czerny, a close advisor to Leo, said the pope is "expressing the concerns that should be in the heart of every #Christian & of every citizen."
"The Golden Rule, in other words: Do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you," said Czerny.
#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion #FirstAmendment
Pope Leo's recent criticisms of #Trump anti-#immigration policies are emboldening #Catholic efforts to help #immigrants caught up in the admin's hardline crackdown, snr US Church leaders say.
After Leo called on Tues for "deep reflection" in the #US about the admin's treatment of #immigrants, several top bishops as well as the country's main network of Catholic nuns & its national charity federation told Reuters they would step up their work.
[#PopeLeo is from #Chicago]
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