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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 52m

Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.

"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

At Broadview ICE detention facility for Mass today, Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ reveals “tragic” and “devastating” news that a member of group bearing Guadalupe Banner to Mass today, was detained by ICE this morning in procession to detention facility.

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 19h

Short Straw decided to start out in the Frank Lloyd Wright district.

It was a decision that paid off. 😂😂

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 19h

We have similarly progressed from data collection to data analysis.

There is a lot of data, and it appears to be particularly chocolatey.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20h

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

And, I reiterate, yes: religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Again, yes: religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

Judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists

(RNS) — The suit was primarily brought by journalists who allege they have been targeted by federal agents, but the list of plaintiffs also included the Rev. David Black, a Chicago-area Presbyterian m...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Also, yes: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

:: uses most deadpan voice possible ::

Yes. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 1d

Short Straw and I listen to the MGoBlog roundtable on WTKA every Friday (as a podcast) and the MGoPodcast at the beginning of the week. I have always loved the depth of analysis from MGoBlog.

Today, I (and my son) really appreciate the depth of heart of the MGoBlog community.

Thank you, Seth.

Seth M. Fisher @mgoseth.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Straw is one of ours. He's a longtime reader/listener/Michigan twitter-sky interaction. He listens to our podcasts with his 11yo. He serves his local community as a village trustee.

They're trying to jail him for it.

www.oakpark.com/2025/10/29/o...

Oak Park trustee Brian Straw indicted on federal charge over ICE protest - Wednesday Journal

A sitting Oak Park trustee Brian Straw has been indicted on federal conspiracy charges over a Sept. 26 protest at the Broadview ICE facility

www.oakpark.com

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Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social · 1d

My son gets hand-me-down clothing from Trustee Brian Straw and his wife. The very same elected official that was indicted by the Feds for protesting. He was one of five elected people or candidates to be indicted yesterday. The Feds going after local officials. We must save our democracy

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Seth M. Fisher @mgoseth.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Straw is one of ours. He's a longtime reader/listener/Michigan twitter-sky interaction. He listens to our podcasts with his 11yo. He serves his local community as a village trustee.

They're trying to jail him for it.

www.oakpark.com/2025/10/29/o...

Oak Park trustee Brian Straw indicted on federal charge over ICE protest - Wednesday Journal

A sitting Oak Park trustee Brian Straw has been indicted on federal conspiracy charges over a Sept. 26 protest at the Broadview ICE facility

www.oakpark.com

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump Justice Department's decision to seemingly hand-pick public officials like me for standing up against these inhumane policies will not deter me from fulfilling my oath of office.

I will fight these baseless charges, and I will continue to stand with and protect our immigrant neighbors.

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 3d

I joined the protests at the Broadview ICE detention facility because of what is happening to our immigrant neighbors: children zip-tied and shoved into vans, mothers pulled from cars on the way to school, neighbors afraid to go to church or work.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

Federal immigration agents have recently been leaning into hitting people recording them with impeding charges - even when available video shows the agents striking civilians' vehicles, not the other way around

Another example from last week:

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 10d

NEW — Oak Park attorney Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent.

Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...

‘Chiraq Team 2’: Oak Park attorney catches glimpse of federal agents’ group chat during arrest • The TRiiBE

Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”

It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4d

America... boy, I dunno.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

Video from witness here from the moment CBP gassed neighbors who had gathered outside after the kidnapping.

Agent rolls a canister at the crowd out of the window of their car as they reverse away from people with whistles and bikes.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8d

Via @berkeleyside.org: Another view of the officer firing a likely "pepper-spray round" directly into the Rev. Jorge Bautista in the face.

Their full story here: www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/23/l...

A pastor stands in the road, his head engulfed in yellow smoke fired by a DHS officer who stands just a few feet away.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8d

Hearing reports of tear gas in Wrigleyville from multiple sources. For non-Chicagoans, Wrigleyville is an affluent, mostly-white neighborhood surrounding Wrigley Field.

Chicago's brown and Black communities are still taking the brunt of migra violence, but no neighborhood is immune any longer.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8d

Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 8d

Shout-out to local Chicago journalists, who have really shined over the past horrible month. Without them, we would know far less about ICE activity and abuses.

Local news matters. Local news matters. Local news matters. Local news matters. Local news matters. Local news matters.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9d

Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.

· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

Rev. David Black being pepper sprayed by ICE/DHS agents.

Rev. Jorge Bautista squints in pain after being shot with apparent pepper balls by ICE/DHS agents.

Rev. Hannah Kardon is arrested by three Illinois State Police outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 9d

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

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Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

www.nbcnews.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 10d

‘“Though being arrested is new to me, even though being beaten is new to me, I know it’s not new to Christians following Christ,” she said.’

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11d

NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.

"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

(RNS) - Last Friday (Oct. 17), the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister in the Chicago area, stood alongside other protesters demonstrating outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. As a line of Illinois State Police began marching toward her and other demonstrators, gripping wooden batons, footage shows the pastor with her hands raised in prayer.
Officers then pushed into the protesters, forcing them back.
One officer shifted his stance, reared back and began shoving his baton like a battering ram - jamming it repeatedly, Kardon says, into her leg. A few seconds later, the pastor was pulled from the crowd and thrown to the ground.
All the while, Kardon says, she never stopped praying. When officers began to arrest her, they tied her arms behind her back and placed her along the curb.
"I said, 'God, please help these people to know that what they're doing is wrong, and help them to turn around," Kardon, who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, said in an interview. Her leg, she said, has developed visible bruises.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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