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Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
With ICE in the area, FEMA workers were pulled from storm damage work
The decision to halt disaster assessment work came amid the immigration crackdown in Chicago. Officials worried FEMA’s efforts could put residents and surveyors at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
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NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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As we research the candidates to create our next judicial election guide, we need your help. Have any of the candidates been your attorney or judge? Take a look at the list of candidates and send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
airtable.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As we research the candidates to create our next judicial election guide, we need your help. Have any of the candidates been your attorney or judge? Take a look at the list of candidates and send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
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As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
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Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics drive Trump’s #Chicago deportation blitz. Law enforcement experts say federal agents show a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy sez. @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics drive Trump’s #Chicago deportation blitz. Law enforcement experts say federal agents show a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy sez. @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
This week, DHS claimed they were responsible for a "historic drop in crime" in Chicago, citing numbers but no sources.
@araceligomezaldana.bsky.social and I fact-checked that claim.
Our analysis shows the blitz had little impact on an ongoing decline in violent crime.
www.wbez.org/data/2025/11...
@araceligomezaldana.bsky.social and I fact-checked that claim.
Our analysis shows the blitz had little impact on an ongoing decline in violent crime.
www.wbez.org/data/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This week, DHS claimed they were responsible for a "historic drop in crime" in Chicago, citing numbers but no sources.
@araceligomezaldana.bsky.social and I fact-checked that claim.
Our analysis shows the blitz had little impact on an ongoing decline in violent crime.
www.wbez.org/data/2025/11...
@araceligomezaldana.bsky.social and I fact-checked that claim.
Our analysis shows the blitz had little impact on an ongoing decline in violent crime.
www.wbez.org/data/2025/11...
Reposted by Amy Qin
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'
A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
Reposted by Amy Qin
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
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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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Amy Qin
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ via @chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ via @chicago.suntimes.com
NEW investigation from @lkpwrites.bsky.social:
IL colleges are contracting w/ for-profit businesses called online program managers which are paid as much as 50% tuition revenue for each student they enroll.
www.wbez.org/education/20...
IL colleges are contracting w/ for-profit businesses called online program managers which are paid as much as 50% tuition revenue for each student they enroll.
www.wbez.org/education/20...
Students for profit? University of Illinois campuses pay company per online student
Consumer protection advocates say the practice incentivizes the company to enroll as many students as possible, regardless of whether they'll benefit. University leaders says their standards aren't co...
www.wbez.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW investigation from @lkpwrites.bsky.social:
IL colleges are contracting w/ for-profit businesses called online program managers which are paid as much as 50% tuition revenue for each student they enroll.
www.wbez.org/education/20...
IL colleges are contracting w/ for-profit businesses called online program managers which are paid as much as 50% tuition revenue for each student they enroll.
www.wbez.org/education/20...
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This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
Reposted by Amy Qin
Bumping again--I'm back full time starting today. Am especially interested in hearing from unhoused people and advocates in Chicago who have been impacted by ICE and the now-looming National Guard deployment in our city. Signal is katie.507.
After taking some time away to have a dang baby, I'm back to work at the Chicago Reader. Have a question or tip about the state of harm reduction, homelessness, and/or drugs in Chicago? Send me a line at [email protected]. I also cover: cultural lore, ghosts of all kinds, & city characters.
October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bumping again--I'm back full time starting today. Am especially interested in hearing from unhoused people and advocates in Chicago who have been impacted by ICE and the now-looming National Guard deployment in our city. Signal is katie.507.
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About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported
About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.
www.pewresearch.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.
Reposted by Amy Qin
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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What we just saw: state police not only assisting federal agents with crowd control out here, but also protester arrests.
All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality).
All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality).
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What we just saw: state police not only assisting federal agents with crowd control out here, but also protester arrests.
All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality).
All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality).
There’s no medical staff or services at Broadview. No food preparation. No beds. That’s all by design because the facility was created for holds less than 12 hours.
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social @adrianacardmag.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social @adrianacardmag.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There’s no medical staff or services at Broadview. No food preparation. No beds. That’s all by design because the facility was created for holds less than 12 hours.
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social @adrianacardmag.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social @adrianacardmag.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Reposted by Amy Qin
Broadview was never designed to be a detention facility, but the administration of President Donald Trump is now using it as a de facto one. As a “service processing center” it’s intended to hold up people picked up by immigration authorities for up to 12 hours. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
ICE's Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight
ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food, and toilets are out...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Broadview was never designed to be a detention facility, but the administration of President Donald Trump is now using it as a de facto one. As a “service processing center” it’s intended to hold up people picked up by immigration authorities for up to 12 hours. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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JUST IN: In declarations to the court, top officials in the Portland Police Bureau and the Oregon State Police say they really don't need federal/military assistance to contain the relatively minor protests they're seeing outside ICE facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
JUST IN: In declarations to the court, top officials in the Portland Police Bureau and the Oregon State Police say they really don't need federal/military assistance to contain the relatively minor protests they're seeing outside ICE facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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City Council just backed a plan to set aside city-owned land for affordable housing and fund homeownership programs near the future Obama Center.
The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...
The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...
Obama Center Housing Ordinance Passes City Council After 2-Year Delay And Overhaul
Alderpeople on Thursday approved an ordinance to fund homeownership programs and reserve city-owned land for income-based housing in three South Side neighborhoods near the future Obama Presidential C...
blockclubchicago.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
City Council just backed a plan to set aside city-owned land for affordable housing and fund homeownership programs near the future Obama Center.
The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...
The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...
Since 2023, the city has drawn between $70 million and $90 million of an approximately $325 million federal loan for lead service line replacements that expires next year
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Since 2023, the city has drawn between $70 million and $90 million of an approximately $325 million federal loan for lead service line replacements that expires next year
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...