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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6h

Reminded me a bit of I’m still here, some of the political backdrop.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6h

First impression: Kiss of the Spider Woman was the movie I needed rn. 🕷️ 💋

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6h

Latine brown immigrants can’t be seen in public, can’t be at a train station, can’t walk around without being targets rn. That’s just the truth rn.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 16h

ICE adbucted a man in broad daylight in Chicago (Belmont station/ CTA Blue Line). Brave citizens filmed the scene.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago: Avondale! 60618! A neighbor has created a community altar at the Shell station on the south east corner of Belmont and Milwaukee - a memorial to human rights and victims of ICE. I added to it and you should too. Let's make it massive and impossible to miss. Bring your offerings.

A community altar by a Shell gas station on the south east corner of Belmont and Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Signs read: "Stop Ice Abductions" and "Stop Terrorizing our Communities. Abolish ICE!" There are also candles, and various offerings, as well as sidewalk chalk.

A detail of altar offerings - dolls, a stuffed frog holding a "Send ICE Home!" sign, and candles - some lit.

A pair of flyers inspired by those used by Chicago contractors who are often undocumented - both insulting ICE in various ways.

Memorial candles and a sign reading "We remember our neighbors, kidnapped by ICE at this gas station on Wednesday, October 8, 2025" hand written in black marker on blue paper.

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Marissa @yvna.bsky.social · 7h

This woman has been through so much, busted her ass for decades, been robbed and was there for you with champorrado and tamal in 40 below zero.

It's time to give back.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 19h

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday.

“Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

Who do they report to @jbpritzker.bsky.social.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 16h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Link | Subreddit

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Kai [fuck you, make me] Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 17h

Now they're going after the tamale ladies 🤬

Sending a donation in memory of Virginia Ramos, the OG Tamale Lady of SF.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 19h

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday.

“Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

A van with visible captives inside just returned.

"Those are people!" someone shouts.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 19h

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday.

“Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

♥️ So many people trying their best against the onslaught.

Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d

An extremely rough day for Edgewater in Chicago. ICE activity near schools. People kidnapped while working in yards, standing on hiring corners. So many rapid responders biking, walking, driving, whistles around necks, trying to protect their neighbors, but up against such well-funded forces.

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The Century Foundation @tcfdotorg.bsky.social · 1d

When ICE agents released tear gas outside her elementary school, @ctulocal1.bsky.social member Maria Heavener had a plan in place to protect her students and limit their exposure to outside agitators.

For more protocols, check out our back-to-school checklist: tcf.org/content/comm...

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

Schools around our area are creating parent patrols - response teams to raise alerts if ICE tries to snatch teachers.

THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

And elected officials cannot access these facilities they are taken to.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I remember reading an article about all the abandoned things people taken by ICE leave behind. The landscape of abandoned things on our streets. How many get returned? How many stay abandoned? How much monetarily or of sentimental value is also lost?

kixxle.bsky.social @kixxle.bsky.social · 1d

Same with the abandoned cars. They are leaving people’s possessions and family members in horrible ways. Children are waiting for their parents to pick them up and they’ve been kidnapped by masked men!

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

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kixxle.bsky.social @kixxle.bsky.social · 1d

Same with the abandoned cars. They are leaving people’s possessions and family members in horrible ways. Children are waiting for their parents to pick them up and they’ve been kidnapped by masked men!

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago Neighbors Are Forming Watches Near Schools To Protect Students, Guardians From ICE

Increased federal immigration activity has prompted whistle-carrying neighbors in Irving Park and Albany Park to organize walking school buses and keep watch over students and guardians during school ...

blockclubchicago.org

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

I passed by Funston Elementary in Logan Square, across the street from where people were tear gassed last week. And every corner around the school has an adult keeping watch for dismissal time. 🥹 Times feel bleak but also always reminders all the things people do to help.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know why I’m surprised. I don’t believe anyone deserves to be snatched anywhere though the new spaces they traverse to capture people is just beyond belief. Pushing the limits of any space they can enter.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is also going after rideshare drivers at ohare parking lots? That is wild. Literally anyone up for grabs.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 1d

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CHICAGO - Earlier today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a raid in an O Hare Airport parking lot where rideshare drivers wait between trips to pick up travelers. These drivers are essential workers who keep our city accessible, ensuring travelers can get from point A to point B safely every single day. The Illinois Drivers Alliance releases the following statement:

We are deeply concerned that the drivers' due process rights were violated at O' Hare today. This is part of a broader pattern of attacks on immigrant families by an administration that continues to weaponize fear and division instead of investing in solutions that strengthen our communities. The Illinois Drivers Alliance rejects unconstitutional raids, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with all hard working immigrant drivers, families, and essential workers targeted by these unjust actions. Chicago is strongest when every worker - regardless of race, religion, or immigration status - is safe, respected, and living free from fear.
We are working diligently to gather more information and ensure that every person's constitutional rights were respected and protected throughout this disturbing incident.

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