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Lilac Tiger Chef Raising Money For Family Of Deported Sub Shop Owner With Weekend Pop-Up Asif Amin Cheema, owner of Humboldt Park's Best Sub #2, was deported to Pakistan in January after living in Illinois for more than 30 years. Proceeds from chef Zubair Mohajir's event will help Cheema'...

“We often don’t scream from the mountaintops when people from our community” are suffering, but Mohajir said he wanted to speak out about the injustice in some way while trying to help the family.”

First heard of him when watching top chef last year. Cool to see him giving back.

NYPD charges 18-year-old in viral Washington Square Park snowball fight He is the second person police have arrested in the incident, in which two officers were pelted with snowballs.

This is ridiculous.

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AI is destroying the environment, depleting water, causing layoffs, destroying critical thinking, but at least it's also inaccurate.

Ahead of New Law, Street Vendors Still Face NYPD Crackdowns - Documented The NYPD has continued issuing criminal summonses despite Mamdani's pledge to remove the agency from vendor enforcement.

“The police are there, usually every three days more or less, then they go away for like two days,” she said. “During that time, people start to trust that they can work. But then two or three days later, they come by again and then sweep everybody.”

Asylum approvals plummet as fearful immigrants skip hearings Fewer than 3% of asylum cases decided in January were approved — a record low, according to Mobile Pathways, a San Francisco nonprofit that analyzes federal immigration data.

“Nationally, 20% of immigrants seeking asylum missed their hearings in January, compared with half that rate a year earlier. Asylum seekers with pending applications are in the country legally, but under federal law, failing to appear for a hearing can result in a deportation order.”

This hip L.A. neighborhood is installing emergency sirens to warn of ICE raids Community activists are installing sirens across Highland Park in hopes of providing warnings on mobile devices to residents about possible ICE raids.

“Communities have used loud sirens to warn people about approaching storms, tsunamis and tornadoes, but now some activists in Los Angeles are using sirens to warn about immigration agents.”

Tenants near Obama Presidential Center fear displacement, rent price hike Some Chicagoans living near the future Obama Presidential Center site say they're being forced out of their homes

"Since the Obama center has been announced we have been talking about there is danger that the center will displace community members," Infiniti Collins with the Southside Together organization said."

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

A Soccer Stadium Is Coming to Chinatown's Doorstep. Locals Want Guarantees It Won't Push Them Out. – Top Stories – Borderless Magazine NFP A Soccer Stadium Is Coming to Chinatown's Doorstep. Locals Want Guarantees It Won't Push Them Out. – Top Stories – Borderless Magazine NFP

“Like how many other developments have happened in the city, it felt like it was just pushed through so silently and so quickly without any community input,” said Amanda Mauser, a longtime Bridgeport resident.”

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.

‘We’re in it’: Democrats won’t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump’s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war.

Senate Dem looking at funding Trump's war, per Politico:

Jack Reed (RI): @reed.senate.gov
Gary Peters (MI): @peters.senate.gov
Tim Kaine (VA): @kaine.senate.gov
Elissa Slotkin (MI): @slotkin.senate.gov
Chris Coons (DE): @coons.senate.gov
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): @shaheen.senate.gov

Also I know the bar is low but kinda cool that Rob Rausch, someone people assumed was conservative bc he’s from Alabama and white, is using his bigger platform to say something. It’s rough for immigrant communities rn so being vocal says at least you’re not afraid to show solidarity.

I don’t love the idea of a celebrity accessory. I think the pin alongside at the very least a statement is a starting point. Don’t be like Jack antonoff.

How ‘ICE OUT’ Pins Became the Celebrity Accessory of the Moment Rob Rausch, Justin Bieber, a Supreme lookbook model, and more have been spotted wearing the simple white badges protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policies. “I don’t f*** with ICE,” exp...

“I don’t fuck with ICE,” Rausch says over text message. “I couldn’t sleep at night not supporting my immigrant brothers and sisters. It’s one thing to enforce the law, it’s another thing to dehumanize people and break up families.”

Preventive health advisory panel meeting postponed for third time The panel, which makes recommendations for cancer screenings and other guidelines, last met in March of 2025.

The March meeting of the U.S. advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover has been postponed, according to a spokesman for the Health and Human Services.

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.

Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

ATTENTION PLEASE! COMMUNITY ALERT LOCATION: ADDISON AND KIMBALL DATE: MARCH 4, 2026 TIME: 10:00 AM There was a confirmed abduction of 4 community members at the Home Depot at Addison and Kimball at 10:00 am on 3/4/26. Some agents were in plain clothes and some were in camouflage. Some wore face masks. Agents were in multiple cars, including a blue Ford Explorer with Illinois plates E40 7928 and a gray Dodge Charger with Illinois plates R84 7852. ICE is no longer in the area. REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS AND INFORMATION TO THE ICIRR FAMILY SUPPORT HOTLINE (855) 435-7693 NORTHWEST SIDE RAPID RESPONSE

At Home Depot on Addison and Kimball today

Live updates: Midterm primary voters head to the polls in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas Voters will head to the polls in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas for the first midterm primary of 2026. Republicans and Democrats look for clues on the nation's temperament.

Texas state Rep. Steve Toth defeated U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw in a GOP primary for US House. Toth is a state lawmaker who was endorsed by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

i have to believe that better things are possible

Results: Progressives win all four of these primaries, ousting incumbents Cunningham, Willingham, and Majeed, while Pierce held off Wray’s comeback.

extraordinary night for state progressives in North Carolina

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King County Council bars new ICE detention facilities for one year

The Metropolitan King County Council voted Tuesday to ban any new detention centers in the county for at least the next year, becoming the latest local jurisdiction to attempt to block any new immigration detention facilities in the region.

Imagine trying to live your life and have to navigate fake companies trying to trick immigrant community members so that ICE can more easily take them away. That’s levels of vigilance that doesn’t allow for peace of mind .

Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting "Come on! Go!"

“The Google-owned Waymo told outlets that it would not be providing a statement.”

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ICE arrests tripled in Arizona last fiscal year as street operations surged - AZ Luminaria This story is published in partnership with CALÓ News, a nonprofit, community-centered newsroom uplifting Latinos in Arizona and California. Immigration arrests in Arizona more than tripled in Fiscal ...

Immigration enforcement in Arizona last year took a sharp upturn after the election of Donald Trump, with a boom in street level arrests

@raphaeldelaghetto.bsky.social and I take a look at the numbers

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