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Sarah Lazare
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Editor of Workday Magazine, formerly In These Times.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
Yesterday I spoke to Brandon Lee from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee rights. He said they are still trying to get in touch with people who were taken. “This is very much a case of DHS deliberately trying to disappear people. Why else would they do it in the middle of the night?”
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
"Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing."
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
"Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing."
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 1d
NEW: If the U.S. immigration enforcement apparatus were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world. This bloated force is raining violence on Chicago.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social and @lindsaykosh.bsky.social of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks to @bloomekatz.bsky.social for the excellent edits!
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
There is a class component to federal agents' crackdowns. They're abducting day laborers, street vendors, domestic workers, textile workers en masse. They're not going after big employers/people in Trump's corporate milieu.
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
prospect.org
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
Wherein @dskamper.bsky.social makes the surprising case for optimism, and is also really funny. Read about his forthcoming book! Interview by Isabela Escalona for @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
"An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times": An Interview with Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper - Workday Magazine
In the forthcoming book, Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions, Minnesota-based labor writer and historian Dave Kamper unpacks the tumultuous wins and losses of the labor movement of...
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
@stephensemler.bsky.social was sounding the alarm back in July. Always read his work. He follows this stuff in granular detail and brings a really sharp analysis. www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
ICE budget set to triple in 2026
Polygraph | Newsletter n°311 | 22 Jul 2025
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d
One thing to understand about what's happening now is that on Oct 1, the deportation machine's budget increased dramatically: $170 billion in NEW funding, averaging to $42.5 billion per year. That's just below the Israeli military's annual budget. It's the equivalent of 13th biggest army on earth.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 1d
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

What we’re seeing is the 13th largest army in the world unleashing violence in Chicago, writes @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @lindsaykosh.bsky.social

inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d
If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the US were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world. This puts it higher than the national militaries of Poland, Italy, Australia, Turkey, Canada, and Spain — and just below Israel.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 2d
“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“

- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com

inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d
The surge in federal violence has been met with an outpouring of organizing in Chicagoland, where rapid response networks have been equipping communities with knowledge and skills to help protect residents. That organizers are up against such a huge force underscores how brave they are.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d
If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d
This is how federal agents are showing up to protests against ICE. This is from Friday am, on 25th around the corner from the Broadview detention center. Looks like an invading army.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d
A note of caution to journalists: Don’t report ICE claims as fact. They lie all the time. And they have a huge propaganda apparatus to spread their lies. Don’t be part of it.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d
When you help ICE violently repress protesters, you enable them to do what they did in Chicago today: detain an alder trying to protect someone in a hospital, teargas a 2 year old in Logan Square, kidnap people from the street, terrorize workers and kids and neighbors just trying to live their lives
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d
Pritzker told us to take out our phones and record ICE. But what do we do when it’s his own state police force brutalizing protesters, pinning them in so that federal agents can beat them? Illinois state police were standing shoulder to shoulder with ICE at Broadview today.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 5d
Illinois state police armed like this while they surround and confine protests at Broadview ICE detention center
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d
Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.
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FarmSTAND @farmstand.bsky.social · 4d
· ICE’s campaign of terror is “chilling speech and chilling organizing…among immigrant workers” prospect.org/labor/2025-1... @sarahlazare.bsky.social @prospect.org
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
prospect.org
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d
Seen earlier today on 25th near Harvard, close to Broadview immigrant detention center, where protests were taking place.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d
Just to be clear, numerous local police departments were working in tandem with federal agents this morning to shut down protests against the Broadview ICE detention center. ICE and cops (and other federal agents) were shoulder to shoulder, doing maneuvers together to violently repress the crowd.
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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 4d
My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d
Here are all of the police departments out here at Broadview ICE detention center, confirmed by me and photographer Steel Brooks: Broadview, Oak Brook, Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 5d
Illinois state police armed like this while they surround and confine protests at Broadview ICE detention center
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