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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · 6d

ICE has hit three homeless shelters in the last week. All shelters that were set up to serve migrants.

So they forced people to move to Chicago, Chicago stood up shelters to support migrants, and the feds use those shelters as targets for their kidnapping.

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Bronzeville Homeless Shelter Residents 'Traumatized' After Feds Chase, Arrest 4 People

The federal agents arrived in unmarked minivans and detained four people outside a shelter run by a local church's charity Wednesday.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 9d

Downtown Chicago, today.

The little girl …

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 12d

According to reporters on the ground, ICE is now **deliberately firing** what appears to be "non-lethals" at press at this morning's protest in Broadview, IL. One @unraveledpress.com reporter got hit.

Unraveled has been putting in serious work during this crisis--throw them some cash if you can.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14d

NWSRR is now reporting ICE agents snatched two people at the migrant shelter near River Park this morning:

LOCATION: N ALBANY AVE & W FOSTER AVE, SHELTER NEAR RIVER PARK

DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

TIME: 11:00 AM

ICE officials detained 2 people at the migrant shelter near River Park.

Two Chevy Tahoes with tinted windows, one black without plates and one blue, were seen patrolling nearby. The situation is not ongoing, however, we advise community members to be alert. Alderwoman Rodríguez and city officials are aware and volunteers are monitoring the area. Situation is not ongoing, however we advise community members to be alert.

IF YOU SEE THIS PLEASE REPORT TO ICIRR HOTLINE

(855)-435-7693

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 16d

As I've said before, for a chronic, loggorrheic liar, Donald Trump can be shockingly honest, such as when he said at Charlie Kirk's funeral: "I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.” That's why he wants to send the military into Chicago. Not to reduce crime, but to hurt the city.

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.

Letters: Sweeps of tent encampments will do nothing to alleviate homelessness in Chicago

A call for sweeps with a tone-deafness for service inadequacy will do nothing to decrease homelessness in Chicagoland.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 17d

Truly outrageous. Erasing the evidence of mounting suffering won't make it go away.

It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.

WSJ headline: "Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’"

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · 21d

“frontally addressing questions of deservingness” is the name of my new album.

Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · 21d

Share with your networks. Direct, low barrier cash assistance works.

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness @chicagohomeless.bsky.social · 21d

The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · 28d

Believing that homelessness is the result of ”individual choices” allows you to avoid discomfort and abdicate yourself of responsibility for contributing to systemic solutions.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29d

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.

As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · Sep 4

I found this post really helpful in wrapping my brain around the different agencies that might do Chicago raids.

The biggest takeaway: A lot of attention is on the the National Guard. But federal LEO's (ICE, FBI, etc.) can exert just as much (if not more) muscle & there's less to stop them.

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · Sep 4

The reality behind the rhetoric

* This question about ICE was asked during Gov. JB Pritzker’s press conference yesterday… Q: What protections are you offering the community besides getting upset? Pritzker: Well, as you know, we cannot stand in the way. It’s not like we’re going to have armed men standing in between. That’s not something that’s legal. That’s not something that [...]

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · Sep 3

My column on the front page of the Sun-Times today:

My original headline was "Flash! Crime terror (doesn't) grip Kill City!" But my editor thought that might confuse people. I liked "Kill City" myself.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/09/flas...

Flash! Crime terror doesn't grip Chicago

The blog of Neil Steinberg

www.everygoddamnday.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Sep 1

A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.

Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.

Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 31

We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.

We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness @chicagohomeless.bsky.social · Aug 31

🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 30

@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · Aug 29

City officials are working with the anti-homelessness nonprofit organization All Chicago to help prepare encampment communities located in places like parks and underpasses, for the possible deployment of the National Guard and other federal agents.

Chicago housing groups brace for possible sweeps of homeless encampments by the National Guard

The White House says it has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in D.C. Housing advocates say they want to be prepared if troops come to Chicago.

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Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness @chicagohomeless.bsky.social · Aug 24

We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.

Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks, report says

The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 18

The fastest-growing homeless population in America? School-age children.

Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade.

But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.

California’s hidden homeless children: living in garages, doubled-up and unseen

Student homelessness in Monterey county soars as families struggle with high rent and scarce housing amid funding cuts

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · Aug 16

Talked to kid who has first job out of undergrad helping folks on Medicaid w/ serious healthcare issues. Said something to me like "they all have housing issues, unstable, unsafe housing...so much of it tied to housing"

Housing instability is a cause, not just a symptom, of so many problems.

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 15

Which underlines the reality that this president doesn’t care about solving homelessness. He just wants to hide it.

Peggy Bailey @peggybaileydc.bsky.social · Aug 15

A President who wanted to solve homelessness would draw a straight line between this news & more unhoused people. Then they would find ways to increase rental assistance, stabilize rent costs & increase supply. That would be solution oriented.

www.redfin.com/news/rental-...

U.S. Apartment Asking Rents Post Biggest Increase in 2.5 Years

The median asking rent rose 1.7% year over year to $1,790 in July. Shrinking supply may be tilting the balance of power toward landlords.

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National Homelessness Law Center @homelesslaw.bsky.social · Aug 14

UPDATE: Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected to begin this morning at 10 AM with federal and local police throwing away tents at 62 encampments; arrests are expected to begin at nightfall to avoid media attention.https://buff.ly/gRAsxWS

Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected today

Advocates in D.C. expect the Trump administration to begin the illegal and inhumane jailing and institutionalization of homeless Washingtonians this morning at 10 A.M. The White House stated in…

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 14

@chicagohomeless.bsky.social’s annual homelessness estimate includes those that are doubled-up/couch surfing. Our analysis shows over 76,000 people experiencing homelessness in Chicago. To Brian’s point, people shift between modes of instability. All sweeps do is hide more people.

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 14

@chicagohomeless.bsky.social annual homelessness estimate includes those that are doubled-up/couch surfing. Our analysis shows over 76,000 people experiencing homelessness in Chicago. To Brian’s point, people shift between modes of instability. All sweeps do is hide more people.

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 14

This. All of it.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 14

It can't be emphasized enough: the tents Trump wants to sweep are only the most visible sign of an exponentially larger, hidden disaster.

A vast world of homelessness exists out of sight. Ignore the causes, try to arrest your way out, and the pressure will build until it bursts back into view.

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Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 11

This observation sums up Trump’s priorities and how little regard he has for people experiencing homelessness.

NYtimes reporting that Trump is spending more time talking about building a ballroom then where people experiencing homelessness in DC will go if evicted from an encampment at a press conference about taking over DC policing

Doug Schenkelberg @endhomeless.bsky.social · Jul 30

Glad to share @chicagohomeless.bsky.social’s position on Trump’s horrendous EO on Chicago Tonight with @brandisfriedman.bsky.social.

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness @chicagohomeless.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Homelessness is a housing problem,” CCH Executive Director Doug Schenkelberg said on @wttw.bsky.social's Chicago Tonight. “Between stagnant wages and unaffordable housing, many people are one to two paychecks away from experiencing homelessness.”

Fire at North Park Homeless Encampment Highlights Safety Concerns

The encampment along the North Shore Channel is now set to be removed, possibly displacing dozens.

news.wttw.com

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