Ordinary Citizen Protesting
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Ordinary Citizen Protesting
@thewelcometable.bsky.social
Spiritual director, coordinator of The Welcome Table LGBTQ Community for Catholics/former Catholics, founder of a daily 5-6pm protest of illegal, unconstitutional, & unethical actions by Trump now held in Wheaton, IL.
Day 282
Across the country, Americans are facing fear with courage & division with unity..These stories reveal the deep wells of resilience, creativity, and moral courage that define who we are as a nation. Read below for twelve inspiring examples of resistance:
americasvoice.org/facts/a-year...
A Year of Solidarity: 12 Stories of Hope as Neighbors Stand Up for Immigrant Neighbors - America's Voice
Across the country, Americans are facing fear with courage and division with unity. In response to the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda, communities nationwide are standing together in rem...
americasvoice.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Day 281
Donate! Enlace Chicago helps immigrant families w programs that create stability, dignity & hope including trauma-informed counseling/ emotional support, free legal services & advocacy, & student support. www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-t...
Home for the Holidays
Dear Friend,This holiday season, as families gather and traditions fill our homes with warmth, I am asking you to stand with the Little Village community during one of the most challenging years we ha...
www.zeffy.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Day 280
Natl Day Laborer’s Network asks us to “adopt a corner” to help protect & connect with undocumented day laborers at our local Home Depot by showing up regularly. ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-...
Adopt A Day Labor Corner – NDLON
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network is calling on the public to Adopt a Day Labor Corner. Please submit your information here.
ndlon.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Day 279
USE! Natl Immigration Law Center tool urges state legislators to bar law enforcement masks, establish safe places in state/city/county facilities, create hotline/online portal for the public to report harms from federal deployments or immigration enforcement...
act.nilc.org/page/91483/a...
Protect Our Communities from Federal Overreach
Send a message to your mayor and urge them to issue an executive order that defends your city’s values, safeguards constitutional rights, and keeps families safe.
act.nilc.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Day 277.2
"U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from detention & ..could not be re-detained until his hearing." Thank her!
Judge Paula Xinis
U. S. District Court
6500 Cherrywood Lane, Suite 255
Greenbelt, MD 20770
susanrogan.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 16, 2025 - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Iraq
Trump is on the hunt for WMDs and we need to oppose a rush to war. Plus SPEED Act opposition coming together, organizing to impeach RFK Jr. and more
susanrogan.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Day 277
Call Reps! Weds the House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 3492 which would criminalize drs for providing consensual, evidence-based transition-related care, & H.R. 498 which blocks fed Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care for adolescents. susanrogan.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 15, 2025 - House Won't Go Home For the Holidays Without Bullying Trans People One More Time
Make sure our reps here us on gender-affirming care, plus a look at the impact of the Laken Riley Act and more
susanrogan.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Day 276
Act local! Find out when your county, city, town, school district, parish, or village's council meets & plan to attend with specific concerns about how each group is protecting our immigrant neighbors or criticisms of how they are collaborating w ICE to the detriment of human dignity.
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Day 275
"There is a particular kind of joy that comes only after wandering thru a wilderness. Not the cheerful sparkle of storefronts & Christmas cards..Gaudete Sunday..points us toward..the joy that breaks open after long stretches of waiting, hoping, & wondering if anything good could grow again."
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Day 271
Call Reps!
US Rep Al Green intro new articles of impeachment for Trump’s abuse of power, incitement of violence, death threats against lawmakers & fed judges. He invoked Rule IX to force a floor vote on the new articles, which is scheduled for today. freespeechforpeople.org/rep-al-green...
Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Incitement of Violence and Death Threats Against Lawmakers and Federal Judges - Free Speech For People
(Washington, D.C.)— On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, I filed H.Res.939, to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States. This resolution asserts that President Trump is an abuser of presi...
freespeechforpeople.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Day 270.2
Starbucks baristas have been on strike since early Nov.
On Mon, Dec 15, join the effort to leaflet non-union Starbucks stores & ask people not to patronize Starbucks while workers are on strike. action.fightforaunion.org/a/starbucks-...
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Day 270
New IL laws signed yesterday by Pritzger! Agents can't make arrests at state courthouses, adds protection for day care centers, community colleges & public univs. Makes it easier for people to sue fed agents who violate their state or fed rts.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/09/g...
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Day 269.4
Use your consumer power against ICE!
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Day 269.3
"AG Pam Bondi sent a memo to every fed prosecutor in the country directing them to go on offense against all organizations connected to 'ANTIFA' -- a loose ideology rather than an actual organization" s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/s3.indivisib...

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Day 269.2
"nearly 75,000 people w no criminal records have been swept up after Pres Trump & admin officials said only murderers, rapists, & gang members would be targeted." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 269
True hospitality: Near "the main square stands a 2-story white house w forest green shutters called 'El Refugio'..a sign out front welcomes anyone coming to see people detained at Stewart. It offers beds if they are tired & food if they are hungry."
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/05/i...
The Small House Offering Aid in the Shadow of an ICE Detention Center
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Day 268
“It discourages me..disgusts me, the actions of the federal agents..” Elgin Mayor David J. Kaptain said..“This city was founded on.. diversity..mutual respect..ICE people have not shown that respect to this community & that really angers me.”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/07/f...
Federal Agents Use Tear Gas, Flash Bangs Against Bystanders After Arrest In Elgin
Seven people were treated for exposure to "chemical irritants" deployed by agents after an immigration arrest, the suburban police department said. "It disgusts me," Elgin's mayor said.
blockclubchicago.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Day 267
Find your way to show consistent resistance! Here's how one woman in VT made a difference with sidewalk chalk:
www.sevendaysvt.com/news/politic...
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Day 266
With every person abducted by ICE, Jesus' presence diminishes. "Whatever you do to the least of my people, YOU DID IT TO ME." Mt. 25
Pray, Speak, Act. It is a mandate, not an option.
December 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Day 265.3
Tomorrow morning! Protest at Carol Stream Police station to get them to stop letting ICE use their lot for staging.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Day 265.2
"Mass deportation is immoral & unjust. It is a grave evil..a direct attack on the family..Children are ripped apart from their parents & spouses from each other. This reality is not the exception but the norm"
www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
www.usccb.org/resources/mi...
For Catholics, mass deportations are immoral
A robust pastoral plan across the country that recognizes Christ in the migrant is needed urgently for the even darker days ahead.
www.ncronline.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Day 265
“When a narrative becomes what people buy into, even when it’s counterfactual, it justifies actions that would otherwise be unacceptable,” blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/04/h...
How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: 'They're Lying Constantly'
Homeland Security has sought to reshape violent encounters into triumphant narratives — even as judges, journalists and experts said the agency has repeatedly distorted facts, misled the public and at...
blockclubchicago.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Day 264.2
Rep. Gomez introduced a bill to take $175 billion from ICE and use it for housing! Please thank him:
506 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
T: (202) 225-6235
www.newsweek.com/exclusive-de...
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 264
15 days after her daughter’s birth by C-section, w her baby in the NICU, a new mom w Type 1 diabetes was arrested by ICE, taken to Broadview w't a breast pump, given no medical care, & limited food & water.
Pro-life? Pro-family? Resist the inhumanity!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/02/h...
Her Baby Was In The NICU. She Was In ICE Detention.
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
blockclubchicago.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Day 263.2
Catholics, sign the Cabrini Pledge to uphold the dignity of immigrants, regardless of status. www.usccb.org/cabrinipledge
An intro by Bishop Seitz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQM...
Catholics social teaching on migration
www.usccb.org/resources/mi...
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM