Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants | Brennan Center for Justice This is illegal, but there is no Department of "Justice" anymore. 

Whistle Up | dansinker.com

How Trump's Immigration Forces Misuse “Less Lethal” Weapons — ProPublica

Signs across Chicago mark locations of ICE arrests - WBEZ Chicago

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge | Chicago News | WTTW

ICE Has Placed a Record 600 Immigrant Kids in Federal Shelters This Year — ProPublica

Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago — Investigative Project on Race and Equity

Chicago's immigration crackdown is being documented, one jarring phone video at a time | AP News

Appeals Court Halts Sweeping Order that Restricts Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Around Chicago | Chicago News | WTTW That is so wrong. I hope the people who halted this order have karma and irony served to them.

Riding with the 'God Squad' to a protest in Broadview - Evanston RoundTable

Pastors speak of brutality of arrests at hands of local cops at Broadview ICE facility - Chicago Sun-Times

We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate

New ways to report federal immigration abuses - Axios Chicago

Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal agents have traumatized us

Federal Agents Have Already Violated Judge’s Order Restricting Their Use of Force, Attorneys Claim | Chicago News | WTTW

‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture | Anish Kapoor | The Guardian

U.S. Catholic Bishops Issue Pointed Condemnation Of Trump's Immigration Policies

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal

DEAR BOOTLICKER

link.citycast.fm/view/63caddf6d751aa0240de0821p9le7.7td/998781d6#:~:text=3 Times DHS Lied to Chicago

He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation - Chicago Sun-Times

Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago | US policing | The Guardian

1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this' - Chicago Sun-Times

Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’ - Chicago Sun-Times

Fact Check: Can Congress remove a sitting president, if yes, how?

‘Nightmare’: family in shock after Ice moves LA teen out of state without their knowledge | US immigration | The Guardian

Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state | US immigration | The Guardian

The softest Nazis you ever did see - by Lisa Needham

Federal jury refuses to convict a ham sandwich.

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault - The New York Times

Oak Park board unanimously passes ‘ICE Free Zone’ ordinance   - Wednesday Journal

FBI investigating recent incident involving feds in Evanston, tries to block city from releasing records - Evanston RoundTable

Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force

Was a UFO Once Spotted at O'Hare Airport? | Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer | WTTW Chicago

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Admitted He Lied About Firing Tear Gas, Tackling Protester: Federal Judge | Chicago News | WTTW

Federal Judge Imposes Strict Restrictions on Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Against Protesters, Media, Clergy | Chicago News | WTTW

Pope Leo XIV urges access for clergy at Broadview ICE processing facility - Axios Chicago

Sen. Duckworth demands end to 'secret detentions' of citizen protesters by FBI, calls for DOJ investigation - Chicago Sun-Times

Watch Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino deposition videos in court

ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview

Five tips to effectively record federal immigration enforcement activity

Whew! - Eric Zorn: The Picayune Sentinel

Federal Immigration Agents Detain Teacher at Preschool Facility in North Center | Chicago News | WTTW

Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds - WBEZ Chicago

Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States | AP News

Broadview ICE Facility Lacks Beds, Showers, Adequate Food as Federal Judge Indicates Temporary Restraining Order Likely | Chicago News | WTTW

Maine voters pass 'red flag' gun law referendum

Employee of Trump-Supporting Superstore Fired for Filming Brutal Immigration Raid

DHS has arrested people filming their agents, and Sens. Duckworth, Durbin say those arrests must stop - Chicago Sun-Times

Immigration Agents Detained A Schizophrenic Man — Then Dropped Him Miles From Home

COVID in pregnancy raises child’s risk for developmental disorders — Harvard Gazette

Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It

Broadview ICE facility a ‘black box’ where immigrants denied access to lawyers, medicine, lawsuit claims - WBEZ Chicago

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight - Chicago Sun-Times

IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers - Chicago Sun-Times

More Ground Cinnamon Products Added to FDA Public Health Alert Due to Presence of Elevated Levels of Lead | FDA

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut & Cashew in Candy Bars | FDA

Refugees Will Be Among the First To Lose Food Stamps Under Federal Changes - KFF Health News

Senators demand answers on secrecy and alleged abuse in deportation flights | AP News

Faith Under Fire: Chicago Religious Leaders Talk ICE Presence | Chicago News | WTTW

ICE detains 2 SUNY Upstate University Hospital workers

Lawyers say Alabama father deported to Laos despite court order blocking removal | AP News

HHS Employees Now Being Measured By Loyalty To Trump's Policies | HuffPost Latest News

A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous - The Atlantic

Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with ‘speed and conviction’ - The Washington Post

Trump Just Announced His Police State - Robert Reich

Trump and Stephen Miller Thought Immigration Was Their Winning Issue. They Were Wrong.

The Evolution of Protests at Broadview ICE Facility

Students walk out of Little Village schools, march against ICE

After Halloween Parade Ruined By Federal Agents, Old Irving Park Neighbors Furious

Every goddamn day: 10/28/25: Nothing to see

Scenes From the Occupation – Chicago Magazine

NEWS: ICE Rapidly Expands Surveillance of Your Social Media and Expands Surveillance State

An Internet Archive Federal Depository Library FAQ

It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website

Support Israel, Not Netanyahu

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