"But there is also a quieter effort that has taken root in daily life, mobilized through churches, parent-teacher groups, dog rescues and cycling clubs.
Participants honk their car horns to warn of ICE agents approaching, shoot video on their phones when arrests unfold, trade descriptions of federal law enforcement vehicles in group chats and organize safe walks to school."
~ Kim Bellware, Ben Strauss and María Luisa Paúl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/23/ice-chicago-resistance-immigrants/
Sounds like they're helping their fellow human beings.
"Federal officials have framed the efforts as the work of 'domestic terrorists' and a threat to law enforcement. The unrest, they said in court records, justified sending National Guard troops to protect federal personnel and facilities — an effort blocked so far in Illinois by federal courts, though the administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
Trump officials have also sought to curtail how residents track immigration operations — asking companies and social media platforms to remove applications and pages showing ICE patrols, and citing recent attacks on ICE facilities to argue that efforts to identify where agents are working could place them in danger.
“The First Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly — not rioting, doxxing, or threating federal law enforcement,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
Federal agents in Chicago have fired pepper balls at protesters, bystanders and journalists, prompting a judge to bar the use of tear gas or other crowd-control weapons except when agents are in immediate danger. The same judge later mandated that any agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz wear body cameras, citing concerns about the continued tactics against protesters.
Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has urged his constituents to answer the show of federal force with visibility — but also to avoid violence.
'Get your cellphones out — record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification,” Pritzker wrote on X. “Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening — and that we won’t stand for it.”
Brandon Lee, a spokesperson for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said the response from everyday Chicagoans “has been overwhelming.”
~ Kim Bellware, Ben Strauss and María Luisa Paúl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/23/ice-chicago-resistance-immigrants/
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