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(DIR) Post #B0J7mNlfakMvT7u1qK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:38:55Z
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As an unprecedented #immigration crackdown enters a 3rd month, a growing number of #Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a #racist & aggressive #overreach of the federal govt. The #Democratic stronghold’s response has tapped established activists & everyday residents from wealthy suburbs to working class neighborhoods.#resist #Trump https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-protest-arrests-agent-police-whistles-df72b2ba4e57befc085d692d227363b8
(DIR) Post #B0J7szMKjziVnHCaH2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:40:54Z
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Their efforts—community patrols, rapid responders, school escorts, vendor buyouts, honking horns & blowing whistles—are a uniquely #Chicago response that other cities #Trump has targeted for federal intervention want to model.“The strategy here is to make us afraid. The response from Chicago is a bunch of obscenities & ‘no,’” said Anna Zolkowski Sobor, whose North Side neighborhood saw agents throw tear gas & tackle an elderly man. “We are all Chicagoans who deserve to be here. Leave us alone.”
(DIR) Post #B0J8DXRLjqiZHlLZy4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:44:28Z
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Perhaps the clearest indicator of #Chicago’s growing #resistance is the sound of #whistles.The activist Baltazar Enriquez is credited with being among the first to introduce the concept. For months Little Village residents have used them to broadcast the persistent presence of #immigration agents.Furious blasts both warn & attract observers who record video or criticize agents. Arrests, often referred to as #kidnappings because many agents cover their faces, draw increasingly agitated crowds.
(DIR) Post #B0J8PEJcfYJrRkJ94y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:46:44Z
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#Immigration agents have responded aggressively.Officers fatally shot one man during a traffic stop, while other agents use tear gas, rubber bullets & physical force. In early November, Chicago police were called to investigate shots allegedly fired at agents. No one was injured.Activists say they discourage violence.“We don’t have guns. All we have is a whistle,” Enriquez said. “That has become a method that has saved people from being kidnapped & unlawful arrest.”#law #Trump #resist
(DIR) Post #B0J8rYSBOEYE0nomDQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:51:51Z
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By Oct, neighborhoods citywide were hosting “Whistlemania” events to pack the brightly colored devices for distribution through businesses & free book hutches.“They want that orange whistle. They want to nod to each other in the street & know they are part of this movement,”said activist Gabe Gonzalez.Even with 2.7M people, #Chicago residents like to say the nation’s 3rd-largest city operates as a collection of small towns with Midwest sensibilities.People know their neighbors & offer help.
(DIR) Post #B0J8xYUs8pjpsrwB3Q by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:52:56Z
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When #immigration agents began targeting food vendors, Rick Rosales, enlisted his bicycle advocacy group Cycling x Solidarity. He hosted rides to visit street vendors, buying out their inventory to lower their risk while supporting their business.Irais Sosa, co-founder of the apparel store Sin Titulo, started a neighbor program with grocery runs & rideshare gift cards for families afraid of venturing out.“That neighborhood feel & support is part of the core of #Chicago,” she said.#resist
(DIR) Post #B0J9BomqNBN4Sb90nQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T15:55:30Z
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Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.Many also credit the #grassroots nature of the #resistance to Chicago’s long history of #community & #union #organizing.#Trump’s “border czar” #TomHoman said #Chicago area residents were so familiar with their #rights that making arrests during a different operation this year was difficult.#law #immigration #KnowYourRights #resist
(DIR) Post #B0J9bk0uk2TfBb5RKq by BlueWaver22@genomic.social
2025-11-16T16:00:08Z
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@Nonilex You hear that Charlotte and New Orleans and every other city they will invade....KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
(DIR) Post #B0J9cBiRkILH6Qf5RA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T16:00:14Z
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So when hundreds of federal agents arrived in #Chicago in September, activists poured energy into an emergency hotline that dispatches response teams to gather intel, including names of those detained. Volunteers would also circulate videos online, warn of reoccurring license plates or follow agents’ cars while honking horns.#law #immigration #KnowYourRights #resist
(DIR) Post #B0J9kcx4MpnRtEWeLA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T16:01:48Z
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…Alonso Zaragoza, with a neighborhood organization in the heavily immigrant Belmont Cragin #Chicago neighborhood, has printed hundreds of “No ICE” posters for businesses. Organizers in Oregon & Missouri have asked for advice.“It’s become a model for other cities,” Zaragoza said. “We’re building leaders in our community who are teaching others.”#law #immigration #KnowYourRights #resist
(DIR) Post #B0J9mFVwTj6rmLbua0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-16T16:02:06Z
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The turnout for virtual #KnowYourRights trainings offered by the pro-democracy group, States at the Core, doubled from 500 to 1,000 over a recent month, drawing participants from New Jersey & Tennessee.“We train and we let go, and the people of #Chicago are the ones who run with it,” said organizer Jill Garvey.#law #immigration #KnowYourRights #resist
(DIR) Post #B0JINvoQycDDJQjtAW by MajDen@sociale.network
2025-11-16T17:37:03Z
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@Nonilex 💪✊️ sono con voi
(DIR) Post #B0JSCDfDmLqEkCU3pA by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2025-11-16T19:28:27Z
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@Nonilex Oh hey, look vicious, tyranny inspires rebellion. Nobody expected that.