Ordinary Citizen Protesting

Day 243
"'We are very afraid, but we can't go back to Venezuela'"
A family plagued by poverty/gangs came to Chicago for a new life. Bc of ICE, they can't do laundry wt protection.
www.ncronline.org/news/prayer-...
U.S. Cath Conf of Bishops' Migrants Comm
justiceforimmigrants.org/you-are-not-...

YouTube video by CatholicChicago Cardinal Blase Cupich- "The Dignity of Human Life"

Day 242
Cardinal Cupich calls Catholics to work towards systematic change and engage in mutual aid for immigrants and those affected by the govt shutdown.
youtube.com/shorts/kPnC-...

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

Day 241.2
Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, feds instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Day 241
Report by Choose Democracy: "Trump’s bloody hands: Estimated deaths from Trump policies in 2025." choosedemocracy.us/wp-content/u...
"Policy is not abstract. It has a body count. And by every serious measure, the toll of this administration has been staggering."

Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis called the Trump administration's depiction of Chicago as besieged by violence "untrue" and "simply not credible."

Day 239.2
“The gov't would have people believe..that the Chicagoland area is in a vise-hold of violence, ransacked by rioters & attacked by agitators..That simply is untrue. & the gov't’s own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
US Dist Judge Sara Ellis
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/06/h...

Broadview ICE Facility Must Provide Basics Like Water, Calls With Attorneys Under Judge's Order Federal attorneys said they won't be able to provide surveillance footage of the controversial facility for 13 days in October, claiming it's been wiped.

Day 239
At Broadview Detention Center, accused of inhumane conditions, ICE still won't allow lawyers, clergy, Reps to enter & "Surveillance footage at the facility [evidence]..will not include Oct. 19-31 -..which defense atty J. Brady claimed had been wiped.."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/b...

Day 238.2
ICE is keeping us safe from...pre-school teachers?
"Families ‘Horrified’ After Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Fed Agents
The incident happened in front of parents & children at Rayito de Sol."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Raids/...

Protect Our Neighbors: The Journey of a Sign When word went out that border patrol agents had been sent to the Coast Guard island off Alameda near Oakland on the eve of October 23, Bay Area residents sprang into action. Before dawn the next morn...

Day 238
Watch to see how real people's premiums will be affected if Trump doesn't reinstitute the ACA tax credit:
www.youtube.com/shorts/0N76y...
Read how small visible signs of protest rally others to act:
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/protect-our-...

YouTube video by Vatican News - English Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected

Day 237.3
Just hours ago, Pope Leo XIV declared, “I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of those people,” referring directly to the women and men detained inside the ICE facility in Broadview.
youtu.be/A4YsMiDs4Gg?...

Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power · Indivisible As part of the Solidarity in Action series, this ACLU-led session will help allies show up for immigrant communities facing law enforcement encounters. Participants will learn their rights as bystande...

Day 237
Tomorrow! ACLU-led session to help allies show up for immigrant communities facing law enforcement encounters. Participants will learn their rights as bystanders, immigrant rts during these interactions, & practical strategies to act safely and effectively. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Suburban man hospitalized after allegedly being struck during ICE arrest Ricardo Rodriguez, 53, was arrested Sunday morning in Melrose Park by federal immigration agents and brought to an emergency room after he experienced chest pains and a head wound, his niece said.

Day 236.3
Man choked by ICE, taken to Gottlieb ER last night. Protest outside the hospital tonight.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Day 236

YouTube video by CatholicChicago Cardinal Blase Cupich- "I Have Loved You"

Day 235.2
Cardinal Cupich on loving our immigrant neighbors.
youtube.com/shorts/NE0Mb...

Day 235
Print NO ICE signs out & ask your church, business, school, library, apt complex..to post it on the entrance door/window. Post one on your own door!
www.ilrc.org/sites/defaul...
Print Immigrants Welcome yard signs & banners for your neighborhood!
act.faithfulamerica.org/signup/print...

SALT melts ICE: Support ICIRR's policy platform Email your legislators to join the campaign for Safety and Action for Liberation Together!

Day 234
Let your voice be heard, IL! Urge your reps to craft legislation that protects immigrants in hospitals, courthouses, higher ed, & childcare settings.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/i...
Contact your reps: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/sal...

October 29, 2025 Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...

Day 233
"Admin officials briefed Repub lawmakers..about the U.S. mil strikes [in Venezuela] but excluded Dems. Sen Mark Warner..top Dem on the Sen Intel Com..'withholding the legal justification for those strikes from half the Sen is indefensible'" heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-29...

YouTube video by NBC Chicago Pritzker shows examples of 'military-style' ICE activity in Chicago during press conference

Day 232.2
youtu.be/ZZJREneVmwk?...

Day 232
Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads; cancel your subscription and tell them why!
This Saturday, Mass at Broadview details: www.csplaction.org/events/broad...

Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino For Violating Excessive Force Order “Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing T...

Day 231.2
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing Tuesday morning. “They just don’t.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/j...

Your Rights When It Comes To ICE: How To Protect Yourself, Your Neighbors As Federal Agents Arrive Here are resources on what to do if a loved one is detained, how you can safely protest and more.

Day 231.2
Immigrants and Protesters/Patrollers resources:
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/05/y...

immigrantsrising.org/support-for-...

What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests Tactics by immigration agents attempting to arrest undocumented immigrants have shocked the public and led to protests. But what is, and isn't, allowed by law when it comes to ICE arrests?

Day 231
"The 1st question..when approached by any officer is 'Am I free to leave?' If the officer says they are, then they should exercise their rt to leave..If the officer tries not to answer, the individual should repeat the question until they get a response." www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

Rebecca Hackman is one of the organizers; she can better inform you. Think she's planning to contact you.

Let me put you in touch with the lead on this.

@indivisibledupage.bsky.social
Fyi, there's a Dupage co board mtg tomorrow am; ICE activity will be addressed. Pls ask members to come/comment, & pass to other groups. Thnx Vicki from Casa Dupage patrollers.

October 28th @ 10AM
dupage.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
www.dupagecounty.gov/government/c...

YouTube video by CatholicChicago Cardinal Blase Cupich on Standing with Immigrants

Day 230
Cardinal Cupich of Chicago: "Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, & communities are shaken by immigration raids & detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands w migrants."
youtube.com/shorts/nWK76...

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally joins ICE raid at Chicago laundromat—owner locks him out and refuses entry.

"When we saw agents we immediately locked the doors," supervisor said.

"No one was committing a crime. We were just doing laundry... It’s racial profiling.It’s a numbers game."

October 25, 2025 Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.

Day 229
"..at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Normal Times in Dire Times Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

Religious freedom behind bars: A constitutional crisis Religious rights are being treated as revocable privileges rather than constitutional guarantees, writes Glenn D. Magpantay, commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and a Catholic.

Day 228
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNx...
At..Alligator Alcatraz..religious rts are being treated as revocable privileges rather than constitutional guarantees..we have a moral & constitutional obligation to protect rel rts..for those who are incarcerated & detained.
www.ncronline.org/opinion/reli...