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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

02.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 8763    🔁 5543    💬 233    📌 221

Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE “Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.

HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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01.10.2025 20:20 — 👍 925    🔁 591    💬 24    📌 39

Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et

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Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.

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Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

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We don’t owe fascism fair coverage • The TRiiBE Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, his administration has used a strategy called “flooding the zone” to overwhelm people and the media with chaos narratives. I told y’all earlier in the year that The ...

“We don’t need a ‘both sides’ narrative about whether protestors are violent or not. They are protesting the violence of fascism.”

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14.06.2025 21:07 — 👍 478    🔁 148    💬 2    📌 8

ACTION NEEDED: Two key bills impacting #Latinos and #immigrant communities will be heard this week in Springfield. We need you to show your support by submitting a witness slip!

Please take action today and share widely!

More here: bit.ly/3XXH2Oa

17.03.2025 23:04 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

iHola! We’re the Latino Policy Forum and our mission is to build the power, influence, and leadership of Latinos in IL through the power of data and collective action to transform public policies that ensure the well-being of our community and society as a whole.

Let’s talk about what that means.

24.01.2025 16:46 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

What Immigrant Communities Should Know About Their Rights All immigrants in the U.S. have rights, including the right to remain silent. Here’s what you should know if you encounter federal immigration agents.

“If ICE agents are conducting raids in your area, if you need help locating someone in ICE custody, or if you would like to report ICE activity, ICIRR has a hotline you can call at 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693).”

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Hi! I’m Graciela and I run comms at the @latinopolicyforum.bsky.social. Let’s talk state policy and all the ways that my big beautiful #Latine & immigrant communities make a positive impact in #IL.

18.01.2025 22:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0