Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth

Ramadan Mubarak, Illinois!

Thank you Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth and Ald. William Hall for your endorsements! So proud to have you on #TeamJuliana. Let's do this!

They said it. We’re all thinking it.

Chicago Skyline Reflection. Captured this past Sunday along the lakefront at sunset.

Our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE’s mass detention policy POLITICO is keeping track of the federal judges who have ruled on the administration’s effort to systematically lock up thousands of people.

NEW: Here’s our searchable list of federal judges who have ruled on the legality of ICE’s mass detention policy — with links to key decisions by each.

At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times

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No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.

Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

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We can’t wait to discuss solutions to our state’s housing shortage with Indivisible Chicago-South Side! 🏘️

May as well be Spring canvassing in Bowmanville today.

Next week, we’ll be in Ravenswood and Edgewater. Grab a shift!

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Rest in peace, Ofelia Torres.
Her gofundme has been updated. Support her family by helping lay Ofelia to rest here:

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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.

Sticker in lavender, white and orange. Features an animated peach. Reads neighbors for Archer Safe Streets. Something we can all get behind.

Happy Valentines Day to Chicago community builders everywhere including Neighbors for Archer Safe Streets and especially artists who generously share their gifts for a better city for all 🍑

"Photo: Mayor Johnson signs the 'ICE on Notice' executive order in his Ceremonial Office in City Hall, next to community leaders and Alders Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, Anthony Quezada, Jeylu Gutierrez, Julia Ramirez, Mike Rodriguez, William Hall, and Park District Superintendent Carlos Ramirez-Rosa. Text: Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs ‘ICE on Notice’ Order, Pursuing Prosecution of ICE Misconduct. Mayor Johnson’s executive order directs CPD to document ICE misconduct, making Chicago the first city to create infrastructure to investigate and refer federal agents for criminal prosecution. Protecting Chicago logo."

Nobody is above the law. With this order, we are putting ICE on notice in our city. Chicago is leading the way as the first city to create infrastructure for holding ICE and CBP agents accountable for crimes against our communities.

To my knowledge, Chicago has yet to be dethroned as "The Gayest American City Council"

Chicago Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth has sent a cease and desist to the dark money Super PAC Elect Chicago Women for including her imagine on a pro-Laura Fine mailer last week

Manaa-Hoppenworth has endorsed State Rep. Hoan Huynh in #IL09

Delighted to announce that 48th Ward Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth has endorsed my campaign! I look forward to working with her and elected officials across levels of government to make Cook County safe and affordable for all who call it home.

Stoked to see pro-housing champion @leniann.bsky.social endorse Drake Warren’s campaign! 🏘️😊

IG screenshot, caption reads: I’m Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, and I’m running for State Central Committee in the 9th Congressional District. Recently, my image was used — without my permission — in a campaign mailer supporting a federal candidate who is also my opponent for State Central Committee. The mailer was sent by Elect Chicago Women which is reportedly linked to AIPAC. It falsely suggested that I endorsed that candidate. I did not. I proudly endorsed State Representative Hoan Huynh for Congress. Using someone’s image to imply an endorsement that doesn’t exist misleads voters. That’s not how democracy should work. Today, my attorney issued a cease and desist distribution of this communication, or any other use of my name or image. Voters deserve honesty. And I will always stand up to protect it. NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST Dear Ms. Williams, This firm represents Alderperson Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth. It has come to our attention that Elect Chicago Women is using, without permission, the image of Alderperson Manaa-Hoppenworth in an electioneering communication supporting the candidacy of Laura Fine, a candidate for nomination to the office of United States Representative. A copy of the communication is attached. This is a blatantly misleading advertisement, in that it clearly implies that Alderperson Manaa-Hoppenworth, a respected public official, is endorsing Ms. Fine’s candidacy, a falsehood of which your committee, with the least amount of due diligence, should have been aware. We can come to no other conclusion that you have either intentionally misrepresented Alderperson Manaa-Hoppenworth’s position, or have proceeded with a reckless disregard of the truth. You are directed immediately to cease distribution of this communication, or any other use of Alderperson Manaa-Hoppenworth’s name or image. In the event that you do not accede to this directive, we will seek all appropriate remedies under federal and Illinois law. Sincerely, Michael C. Dorf

More super PAC conflict: @leniann.bsky.social just posted to IG that her lawyer sent a cease/desist to Elect Chicago Women demanding it stop using her image in mailers supporting Laura Fine for Congress, which was done without her permission. LMH is backing Hoan Huynh in IL-9.

I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.

They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.

We had the honor of having the 57th @mayorofchicago.bsky.social and 48th ward Ald. @leniann.bsky.social at worship. We were thinking of a late friend of the congregation, the 51st Mayor of Chicago #HaroldWashington during this visit

#blackhistorymonth @pcusa.bsky.social #pcusa #chicagopresbytery

Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.

ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.

This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.

They hate the helpers.

Which is why must keep helping.

AIPAC & right wing donors are pouring $$$$$ into the primary race for Congress in IL-09. They used my image on a mail piece without my consent, implying my support for an AIPAC candidate I did not endorse, and who is my opponent for state central committee for IL-09 www.instagram.com/reel/DUbz-mb...

County's top prosecutor calls Mayor Brandon Johnson's ICE executive order 'wholly inappropriate' Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke said an executive order requiring cops to document potential violations by federal agents could raise issues of political interference that could jeop...

The Cook County States Attorney continues to tell us what she cannot (or will not) do, while the state’s attorney in Hennepin County (where Minneapolis sits) takes steps to do whatever she can.

Both locations are fully accessible to voters with disabilities. Early voters may choose to vote in one of 12 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, Tagalog, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Early Voting in Downtown Chicago opens on Thursday, February 12 at 9:00am at our NEW VOTING SUPERSITE at 137 S. State St. and at the CBOE Offices at 69 W. Washington St., 6th Floor! For more info, go to: chicagoelections.gov/voting/early... 🗳

Early Voting in Downtown Chicago opens THURSDAY, FEB 12 at 9:00am at the New Voting Supersite at 137 S. State Street - make a plan to vote and learn more at: chicagoelections.gov/voting/early... 🗳️

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

Pen and watercolor illustrations of twelve homes in Chicago in a grid pattern.

More Tudor-revival style homes of Chicago...The series no one demanded!

Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.

This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.

Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

"I'm worried that if I'm the only one that goes, my kids will still be in this country and if I go, how am I supposed to live? That's what I think about," said Vang, through an interpreter.

(Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).