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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 1h

2025 Día de Muertos exhibit brims with local stories, including ofrenda built by a 9-year-old to honor late dad, reports @medicenambi.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/10/...

2025 Día de Muertos exhibit brims with local stories, including ofrenda built by a 9-year-old to honor late dad

The ofrenda centers around the father's love of lowriding, while other Day of the Dead works at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen celebrate beloved community figures such as La Perla Tapati...

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Ariel Cheung @missprint.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO JOURNOS: @citybureau.bsky.social is piloting a Spanish translation lab for ICE and immigrant-related coverage in Chicago, offering a limited number of article translations per day to news outlets with no/limited translation resources. Please email me at [email protected] if interested.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

#BREAKING The state of Illinois has sued the Trump administration in federal court, seeking to block the deployment of National Guard troops into the state over the objection of @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Story to come. Full complaint here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/40/6a/75ba4a...

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Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃 @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding, with @elviamalagon.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social @chipmitchell1.bsky.social @beckyvevea.bsky.social & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social

Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding

Another week of aggressive immigration raids — including patrols on peaceful downtown streets. And the Trump administration wants to pause $2.1 billion in infrastructure funding for Chicago.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3d

Some context that I think gets lost by calling people here "protesters." Strictly true that they were protesting. But this was neighborhood. Almost all of it was people who came out of their houses and pleaded to stop using gas because there were kids in houses/yards in the blocks off Kedzie.

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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to @wttw.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of Week in Review to talk about our recent coverage of the mental toll of ICE arrests + the state's new COVID vaccine guidance: news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/w...

Week in Review: Federal Agents Patrol Downtown; Chicago Bears Seek Public Funding

Another week of aggressive immigration raids — including patrols on peaceful downtown streets. And the Trump administration wants to pause $2.1 billion in infrastructure funding for Chicago.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 4d

“They don’t care about people’s constitutional rights," Ald. Jessie Fuentes told @blockclubchi.bsky.social. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f... More reporting on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago, per @arielparrella.bsky.social & @themelodymercado.bsky.social.

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video from Friday, federal agents inside a car threw smoke grenades into a street while people were outside nearby.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 5d

The first part of the official protest area is nearly complete.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6d

Data analyzed by @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social and @adrianacardmag.bsky.social shows 5,200 people were processed through Broadview Jan. 1 to July 28 — a 3x increase from the same time last year.

“They treated us like animals or worse than animals because no one treats their pets like that.”

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

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 in the open with no soap or toothpaste.
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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 in the open.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

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Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

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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:
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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.

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 11d

Elizabeth Abunaw, the force behind the West Side’s new grocery store, says her industry is not for the faint of heart: “You can lose your shirt in grocery. You can lose everything in grocery. But if you do it right, there’s money to be had.”

Forty Acres Fresh Market’s owner says ‘I’ve never met a cheerful, happy grocer’

Elizabeth Abunaw, the force behind the West Side’s new grocery store, says her industry is not for the faint of heart.

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 9d

A new federal court filing argue that ICE in the Chicago area arrested 27 people, and detained at least three U.S. citizens, without warrants or probable cause and in violation of an existing consent decree.

ICE made unlawful arrests during Operation Midway Blitz, new court filing says

Civil rights groups say dozens were arrested without warrants or probable cause in Chicago-area raids since May.

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 8d

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 8d

For one woman, daily life has changed in small ways. Her father stopped going to a gym in a nearby suburb. Trips to restaurants with her mother to treat each other to breakfast have stopped.
"I don’t want to live a life, obviously, without my parents," she says.
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A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 8d

In Cicero, Supermercado Reynoso is stepping up to do grocery delivery to customers who don't want to leave their home. One of the delivery drivers also fears he could become a target of ICE. "I have to do something," he said. www.wbez.org/immigration/...

A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

www.wbez.org

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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 8d

People thrive on routines but increased threats of deportation are disrupting that in profound ways, mental health experts say. “Fear can spiral without the right remedies and interruptions.”
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

www.wbez.org

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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social · 8d

Across Chicago and the suburbs, relatives, friends and even strangers are shopping and caring for isolated immigrants as reports of immigration arrests intensify. Story w/ @medicenambi.bsky.social and @araceligomezaldana.bsky.social
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A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

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Araceli Gomez-Aldana @araceligomezaldana.bsky.social · 8d

“My parents sacrificed all this for me,” Karla says as she scans the home they built. “What can I do to help them right now?” @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com @elviamalagon.bsky.social

A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 9d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

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Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 10d

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.
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A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 10d

The threat of forcible separation from family is a form of trauma that immigrants are facing, and this kind of fear can have ripple effects, mental health experts say.
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Panic attacks and anxiety plague a young immigrant mother navigating around ICE arrests

The threat of forcible separation from family is a form of trauma that immigrants are facing, mental health experts say.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10d

Steve is fine/uninjured. Some neck pain from being tackled.

His biggest concern while in custody was what was happening to people outside the facility since he couldn't hear any of the munitions from inside.

In typical Steve fashion, he also made a number of new friends while detained.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 10d

UPDATE: At 1:27 a.m. on Sept. 28, Unraveled Press reports that co-founder Steve Held has been released.

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Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 11d

According to this Yahoo interview, he’s the youngest of 3 brothers born in Brooklyn: www.yahoo.com/news/dr-robe...

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