"In recent weeks, as they have heard from more immigrants unwilling to venture outside for even basic necessities, network volunteers have turned to school group chats, book clubs and day care friends for drivers.
For members of Cepeda’s MMA gym, the catalyst for immigration-focused organizing came in June, when several members rushed to a nearby elementary school after hearing that “suspicious-looking guys” were waiting outside. The gym members created enough noise and commotion to disperse the individuals, whom they thought might be ICE agents — though they did not know for sure.
~ Kim Bellware, Ben Strauss and María Luisa Paúl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/23/ice-chicago-resistance-immigrants/
The people in charge have sown so much discord and mistrust.
"Now about 35 people patrol the neighborhood. When they suspect a federal law enforcement presence, they spring into action by trying to confirm the officers’ identities, warning neighbors, and taking videos, notes and audio recordings.
“We don’t … want to just document what they are doing,” said Cepeda, who is also a writer and English literature doctoral candidate. “We want to prevent what they might do.”
Earlier this month, DHS touted Cepeda’s arrest with a firearm at a protest in ICE’s Broadview facility, calling him “a violent rioter.” Cepeda said the agency’s news release did not note that he is licensed to carry concealed weapons and was released without charges. His attorney, Brad Thomson, said Cepeda had not been charged after DHS publicized his arrest. A search by The Post did not find any federal, state or local criminal charges filed against Cepeda."
~ Kim Bellware, Ben Strauss and María Luisa Paúl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/23/ice-chicago-resistance-immigrants/
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