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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9h

Captions and one-liners welcome.

Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9h

The #Texas #Army #NationalGuard's 36th Infantry Division, now visiting #Chicago, has an award-winning concert band!

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 20h

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 1d

Body-cam video contradicts Trump admin claim a #Chicago woman drove toward #BorderPatrol officers before one shot her 5 times, her lawyer says. "Do something, bitch," the officer said before pulling over & opening fire, the lawyer says.

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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 4d

That time ICE admitted to detaining people based on how they looked and then tied to pretend the journalist had just taken it out of context, causing said journalist to release the whole interview: bsky.app/profile/chip...

Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 7d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

www.wbez.org

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@Loudmouthkid62 @loudmouthkid62.bsky.social · 3d

Standing up to #ICE in the suburbs, the People’s Patrol puts its faith in resistance

Cristóbal Cavazos leads a rapid-response effort to document ICE activity. Meet the man confronting Trump’s deportation blitz.

@chipmitchell1.bsky.social

#Chicago #StopICE

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Standing up to ICE in the suburbs, the People’s Patrol puts its faith in resistance

Cristóbal Cavazos leads a rapid-response effort to document ICE activity. Meet the man confronting Trump’s deportation blitz.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, @tinamcw.bsky.social. I hadn't noticed.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3d

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 3d

The #Portland protests have turned rougher since a #Trump announcement last weekend that he planned to deploy the National Guard and since the arrival of right-wing counterprotesters, some of whom have been spotted observing the crowd from the #ICE building roof.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 4d

#CPD has stripped #police powers from the sons of two former #Chicago top cops, Terry Hillard and Fred Waller, pending investigations into allegations they broke the law, @schuba.bsky.social of the @chicago.suntimes.com reports.

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Cops accused of PPP fraud, domestic violence are the sons of two former Chicago police superintendents

The sons of Terry Hillard and Fred Waller have both been stripped of their policing powers pending investigations, the Sun-Times has found.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 6d

A neighbor said she saw agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said.

“It was heartbreaking,” she said.

⁦‪@Suntimes‬⁩ ⁦‪@WBEZ‬⁩

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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 6d

“We couldn't change our clothes, we couldn’t do our personal hygiene,” she told @wbez.org from #Honduras, where #ICE deported her.

To use the toilet, “we had to come together, three or four women, to block the view.”

@adrianacardmag.bsky.social

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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...

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 7d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

www.wbez.org

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 8d

Worst of the worst?

All three families were detained in the #Chicago area over the weekend as part of #Trump's #deportation blitz,
@laura_n_rod reports.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’

The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9d

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 9d

I’m glad ICE released Steve Held, who they grabbed last night in Broadview.

Now, the government must stop trying to deport journalist Mario Guevara, the Atlanta journalist who ICE targeted in retaliation for his immigration coverage.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 10d

#ICE has made unlawful arrests during Trump’s #Chicago #deportation blitz, a new court filing alleges.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 18d

Nearly 50 college instructors across #Illinois landed on #CharlieKirk's “Professor Watchlist.” @wbez.org reached out to all of them and found the list triggered hateful messages, threats of rape or death, and intensification since Kirk's killing.

#twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...

Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watchlist

An online database compiled by a group affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk identifies close to 50 Illinois college instructors it labels "radical professors."

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 19d

Seven women say officers of this #Illinois #prison sexually assaulted them in broom closets and other areas known to lack cameras, @wbez.org / @chicago.suntimes.com reports. The women say attempts to report the abuse were mostly ignored or led to retaliation.
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Female inmates at biggest Illinois women's prison accuse staff members of sexual assault

Seven women filed federal lawsuits against correctional officers and internal investigators at Logan Correctional Center. Their attorney Elizabeth Payne calls the pattern of sexual abuse “an epidemic....

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21d

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.

(Published May)

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 23d

#NationalGuard troops and staff vary politically, their campaign donations show. They tilt Republican but, even during the #Trump era, many still back Democratic candidates, the @chicago.suntimes.com found.

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National Guard members, employees run the gamut politically, based on a review of their campaign giving

As President Donald Trump seems to reverse himself about dispatching troops to Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times examined campaign contributions by those identified in elections records as part of the Na...

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you, John!

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 26d

The $90 million for #Chicago to settle 176 lawsuits tied to this corrupt former #police sergeant resembles a 2023
@wbez.org estimate of what the settlement tab would be. Adjusted for inflation, we were off by less than $3.5 million. www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...

Payouts tied to a corrupt police sergeant could cost Chicago taxpayers $80 million

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 27d

BREAKING: “We have no fear, kick #ICE out of here,” chant two dozen protesters at a hotel in west suburban Bloomingdale where some U.S. Homeland Security officers have stayed during a #Trump administration #immigration blitz in the #Chicago area.

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