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Graphic to call for a press conference at Broadview tomorrow, a photo of the detention facility is showcased with copy that reads: "PRESS CONFERENCE: SUNNY SHARES HER STORY ICE DETAINED 3 US CITIZENS AND 3 GREEN CARD HOLDERS FOR OVER 48 HOURS. WE DEMAND ANSWERS. MARCH 8, AT 2:00PM 1930 BEACH ST, BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS"

UPDATE:
Sunny and the others detained are now safe at home. But we’re demanding answers about their illegal detention and transfer across state lines.

Join Sunny Naqvi and community leaders tomorrow as she shares her story.

- Broadview Facility, 1930 Beach St

- March 8 • 2 PM

We need to think about this happening in the state that leads the WORLD in wrongful convictions. The conduct that got IL that designation is part of how and why we are facing horrors like this today. I know we want to separate the 2 things. But. We. Cannot. If anyone is unsafe, everyone is unsafe.

Google, why in the world would I, a person in Chicago, want to see an Ai summary of the population of Oak Park, CA before a link to Oak Park, IL?

You’re wasting power on useless crap while paralyzing the purpose of your flagship product.

This reminds me of the parts of Illinois that want to separate from Chicago, thinking that this will solve their problems

Tiny, raucous monk parakeets from South America thrive in Chicago. But why? Likely escapees of the exotic pet trade, the birds first put down roots in some south suburbs in the 1960s and Hyde Park in the 1970s.

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Sunny may be free, but we still need answers. Join Sunny, her family, and community leaders tomorrow at 2pm for a press conference at Broadview, 1930 Beach St. to demand accountability from DHS. Stay tuned for more details to come.

Happening now: ~200 protesters have gathered off Chicago's Michigan Avenue this afternoon for another demo condemning U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and Lebanon.

Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in Lebanon overnight. Thousands of families have been displaced after widespread evacuation orders.

Six people legally living in the US and legally traveling for work were disappeared by the US government and the only reason we knew about it was because one woman was family friends with a county commissioner and her cell phone pinged to two detention centers.

This became a story because the person is connected to a well known politician.

Makes you wonder, how much is going on that we aren’t hearing about.

We need Nuremberg trials.

Update from Reed Showalter, who's at Broadview

"The Cook County Sheriff claims that they searched the facility and that Naqvi is not there. They also have no record that her phone is there. But there has been no actual search for her phone within the Broadview ICE Detention Center."

Skokie woman held by Border Patrol at O’Hare - Evanston Now Family says she was released Saturday morning from detention center in Wisconsin after nearly 48 hours.

Sunny was held at O'Hare, then seemingly taken to Broadview, where CBP lied to Rep. Krishnamoorthi (saying she had been released at O'Hare) and to Cook County officials (saying she was never there). Meanwhile, she had been taken to Wisconsin. And we don't know where her non-citizen coworkers are.

My best friend’s sister, who CBP has been telling us different stories all day about, her phone just got turned back on. She is a US citizen born in Evanston. They said she was never detained at O’Hare after telling us she was, they said she was not transferred to Broadview, and now she's in a detention facility in WI.

🚨 My best friend’s sis, who CBP has been telling us different stories all day about, phone just got turned back on. US citizen born in Evanston. They said she was never detained at O’Hare after telling us she was, said she was not transferred to Broadview, now she's in a detention facility in WI.😡

BREAKING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained three U.S. citizens and three Green Card holders, including an Evanston resident, at O'Hare Thrusday afternoon

At least one, an Evanston woman, is currently being held at Broadview's ICE facility, her sister told me

Update: Sarah Afzul, the woman's sister, told me that Naqvi has been released from a detention facility in Wisconsin, where she was transferred overnight and they've been reunited with her

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

Sunny is free. We are so glad that she is with family and on the way home. Sunny and her 5 coworkers were taken to Broadview and then moved to Juneau, Wisconsin where they were finally released from ICE custody. We were lied to the entire time about her location. DHS needs to answer for this.

Shah Alam was found dead in late February.

Here in Cook County, IL, there's still no announced state or county investigation into the ICE agents who killed Silverio Villegas González last September. We don't even know their names.

Chicago moves closer to video gambling in city bars, restaurants The 2026 municipal budget opened the door to slot machines in city bars and restaurants—but some doubt the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

new: chicago’s 2026 budget opened the door to video gambling in the city’s bars and restaurants—but don’t expect to find a slot machine at your local dive anytime soon.

via @smelendez.bsky.social

🚨 That "Progressive Values" PAC, up the thread? The one backing Robin Kelly and Raja in the Illinois Senate race?

It's funded by a crypto guy who's all-in with Trump; Trump's SEC dropped a lawsuit, & he then bought heavy into Trump's memecoin

democrats.org/news/corrupt...

bsky.app/profile/fran...

FEC filings show the donors of "Progressive Values Illinois" are Donald R. Wilson Jr. and Thoma Bravo executives. Thomas Bravo is a private equity firm that has been heavily invested in crypto.

NEW: Super PAC “Progressive Values Illinois” just entered #ILSen. It is funded by billionaire Donald Wilson, a business partner of Trump Media.

$101K backing Raja Krishnamoorthi
$101K backing Robin Kelly
$101K opposing Juliana Stratton

this is pretty gross. Raja's got a trump funder boosting him and boosting robin kelly as a spoiler.

his whole campaign has been grotesquely deceitful and cynical. I sure hope people see through this sham.

Good lord

Between the CTA, Metra and Pace there are daily inconveniences big and small that discourage ridership. This makes the system less safe. No amount of money can be thrown at security to fix that. Better service is the only thing to increase ridership and improve safety. Period.

Every story I read about Rahm Emanuel running for president

Whoa - the incumbent that Drake is running against has the second worst attendance record in the current term

So withholding federal funds for RLE bought one day of bombing Iran

The man has taken his stab at destroying multiple city education systems. He can't be trusted.

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