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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026
New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia
A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7h
There are multiple state and local laws in place meant to limit collaboration between federal immigration agents and local IL cops, CPD included. But as has now been reported on by multiple outlets, local law enforcement in IL has repeatedly assisted ICE anyway.
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Illinois promised to protect immigrants. Local officials helped deport them anyway.
In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despi...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7h
In our latest for @unraveledpress.com, @peoplesfabric.bsky.social and I tracked months of ICE using Chicago police parking lots, in defiance of a mayoral executive order barring immigration enforcement operations in city-owned lots. Some of these incidents happened in full view of CPD officers:
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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
chicagoreader.com
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2h
Last year, a pastor saw masked immigration agents arresting someone at her church and filmed them. DHS denied they were there. A year later, DHS finally acknowledged the incident — days after WH border czar Tom Homan claimed "no one has been arrested at a church." religionnews.com/2026/09/30/t...
religionnews.com
Do federal immigration agents make arrests at churches? Depends on what day you ask.
(RNS) — Over the past year, the Trump administration has issued contradictory and, at times, seemingly false statements about whether federal agents have conducted operations at churches.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 2h
Just a massive human trafficking ring, forcing vulnerable people from place to place, ruining their lives, all to make a buck
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“prosecutors had also obtained roughly three hundred [‼️] photographs of Martinez’s and Ruiz’s cars from Flock ALPR cameras throughout Cook County,” over a 30 day span.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:
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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
9/28/2026 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Rapid responders report ICE activity on IL Route 390 this morning near the intersection with Roselle Road in the Schaumburg/Roselle area. Unclear if anyone was detained. ICE vehicles were also spotted today in the far north IL town of Round Lake Beach.
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🚨09/28/2026 – SCHAUMBURG/ROSELLE, IL🚨
📍 I-390 Oeste, pasando la salida 7A
⏰ 7:51 a.m.
🧊CONFIRMADO: sobre I-390 Oeste, en el área de Schaumburg/Roselle
⚠️⚠️Se confirmo la presencia de agentes de ICE, posiblemente hubo una persona detenida, patrulleros al llegar a la escena no encontraron ningún vehiculo abandonado⚠️⚠️
⚠️Seguimos tratando de verificar si hubo una detención⚠️
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
• Nissan Titan Gris
• 2 Nissan Pathfinder Negras
• 2 Ford Explorer Negras
• Jeep Grand Cherokee Blanca
👤 Agentes Observados:
• Aproximadamente 6 agentes
• Chalecos en color café y verde
• Pantalones caqui y mezclilla
• Gorras de béisbol
• Se reportó que portaban armas de fuego y táseres
📣 SI VE ALGO, DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO 📣 See less
🚨09/28/2026 – SCHAUMBURG/ROSELLE, IL🚨
📍 I-390 West, passing through exit 7A
⏰ 7:51 a.m.
🧊CONFIRMED: on I-390 West, in the Schaumburg/Roselle area
⚠️⚠️ ICE agents confirmed presence, possibly a person was detained, patrol cars upon arrival at the scene did not find any abandoned vehicle⚠️⚠️
⚠️We are still trying to verify if there was a detention⚠️
🚗 Vehicles Observed:
• Nissan Titan Gray
• 2 Black Nissan Pathfinders
• 2 Black Ford Explorers
• White Jeep Grand Cherokee
👤 Agents Observed:
• Approximately 6 agents
• Brown and green vests
• Khaki and denim pants
• Baseball caps
• Reported carrying firearms and tasersImage text:
🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/28/2026
🕥 8:20 a.m.
📍 Oak St y Clarendon Rd
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Nissan Pathfinder Negra GA20524
Jeep Grand Cherokee Blanca
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
But an increasing proportion of arrests have been made by local law enforcement in partnership with ICE, via 287(g) agreements. In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.
A chart showing immigration arrests by local police, which have increased steadily since ICE's new enforcement strategy began in April 2026, reaching its highest amount above 200 arrests per day in late June 2026.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
The biggest category of arrests this summer were people on probation, picked up by immigration officers at their work, or who were arrested in communities across the country.
A chart showing immigration arrests by immigration enforcement in communities, where arrests peaked in late June 2026 at over 1,000 per day.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Follow LOOKOUT who is doing work that literally no other outlet in AZ will touch. It’s amazing that good journalism is just meeting the goddamn moment so of course it’s the outlet here centering LGBTQ+ voices and writers in a state that has tried for decades to silence these experiences.
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I noticed last year that sweetgreen pivoted to MAHA when it started advertising seed oil-free french fries. Going MAHA is what a failing restaurant chain does now to get free advertising.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 28/09/2026
The big thing on the horizon
Ja'mal green campaign bus stuck in the mud
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
1 year ago today, feds terrorized & injured people outside the Broadview ICE building for a second day in a row. What followed was a terrifying several hours as we waited to learn the fate of our co-founder (clearly marked as press) who was pulled inside. He was later released without charges:
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"Food" Thoyd @spaceplans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All the women are just out of frame, laughing too
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
Imagine hearing these screams, breaking this window, and going home at night believing what you are doing is right and good.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
9/25+26/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Chicagoland rapid responders didn't report any ICE abductions in the area today; the 1-year anniversary of the protest that led to the "Broadview Six" case. Yesterday was heavy. At least 4 people, maybe more, reported detained across the city & suburbs.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I saw a pig in Ravenswood. His name is Snoopy.
A large black pig in the front yard of a house
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 26/09/2026
For those keeping track, this is the 978th time this story has appeared in a mainstream media publication
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships. 1/5
Hold Room 1(820.78 sq. ft.)
With 87 people
(out of 193 people total)
Lying Down/Sitting
Diagram showing the largest tenth-floor hold room containing eighty-seven detainees in which each rectangle represents one lying-down detainee with the average height and shoulder width of an adult man and each circle represents one sitting-down detainee with the average shoulder width of an adult man. PX303, Ex. 1.
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 26/09/2026
Please put in the news that I was "taken to Christ," my absolute favorite weird statement that means something totally different on the south side of Chicago than anywhere else. (I am at Advocate Christ Medical Center.)
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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Phoenix man deported to Equatorial Guinea was hospitalized after passing out in a police-station cell, where he's been held "incommunicado" for two weeks following his arbitrary arrest, lawyers said. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com
Arizona man hospitalized in Equatorial Guinea; U.S. officials mum on abuse claims
A Phoenix man deported to Equatorial Guinea was hospitalized after passing out in a police-station cell, where he's been held "incommunicado" for two weeks following his arbitrary arrest, lawyers said...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 26/09/2026
One year ago today:
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
theguardian.com
ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheri Mecklenburg's full retirement letter to Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros:
SHERI H. MECKLENBURG
Andrew Boutros
US Attorney
219 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60604
By email
Re: My Forced Retirement Dear Mr. Boutros:
Pursuant to this letter, I retire under protest from DOJ, effective immediately. To avoid any misunderstanding or misstatements about the reasons for my forced retirement, I set them forth in this letter.
As you learned on September 22, 2026, I intended to seek leave to intervene in the Broadview Six case to defend myself against the continuing allegations of “pervasive misconduct” in the defense lawyers’ reply brief, and against the false and inflammatory accusations in that brief. Those false accusations include that (1) I “sat silently by” while the Court addressed transcript redactions— when I was unaware of both the redactions and the hearings; and (2) I “outright lied” to the grand jury—which I did not.
You learned of my intended motion when I sought permission to alert Judge Perry to Section 4.4 of the DOJ’s Grand Jury Manual. That provision of the Manual directs prosecutors to ask whether any potentially biased grand juror can set aside any bias and decide the matter fairly and objectively, and if not, to advise that the juror should self-excuse. The provision strongly supports my handling of the situation at issue in the Broadview case on October 16, 2025. The Government’s submission omitted any reference to this relevant and critical provision.
Because DOJ required me to sign a confidentiality agreement covering the Manual and other materials, I requested authorization to cite it in the Motion to Intervene. The senior U.S. Attorney's Office official coordinating my access to the materials initially advised my attorney that he did not believe there would be any problem with my citing to that provision of the Manual. A short time later, however, that same official informed my counsel that he had consulted with the Front Office who advised that, as a current DOJ employee, I am prohibited from filing anything t…Preventing me from defending myself is particularly reprehensible given the Office’s failure to adequately defend me. The Office’s tardy acknowledgement in its response brief that I did nothing to warrant sanctions was incomplete and does not erase the incredible damage caused by your prior statements. Beyond omitting the key Grand Jury Manual provision, the Office’s brief withheld the fact that I repeatedly sought guidance from, kept informed, and followed the directions of the Front Office—including you—at every consequential stage. It is telling that neither you nor anyone preparing the Office’s response consulted with me or my attorneys about the relevant facts and defenses before filing it. The Office did not fully present the facts supporting my conduct. It now seeks to prevent me from presenting those facts myself.
This decision to keep me and my attorneys in the dark was consistent with your handling of this matter from the outset. No one consulted me about any transcript redactions. I had nothing to hide and in fact demonstrated quite the opposite in memorializing brief and incidental interactions with two grand jurors. You declined to notify me about the May 21, 2026 Court hearing, which I had the indignity of learning about after-the-fact from the media. I would have expected the leadership of the Office to ensure that a career prosecutor whose conduct and reputation were about to be publicly condemned received notice and an opportunity to be heard. Had I been afforded that basic fairness at the outset, I believe matters would not have reached this point.
Since I was not present, I was a convenient target to be scapegoated and publicly vilified. You recklessly agreed in court that I had committed misconduct without even asking for my account, fully reviewing the record or briefing the law. That evening, you sent an office-wide email laying responsibility at my feet for a felony prosecution that you personally directed over my objection that the case was b…made retirement the only way for me to defend myself without forfeiting the healthcare benefits I earned through decades of government service.
You repeatedly described me as a “by-the-book” prosecutor, including in an email dated December 21, 2025. That is what I have always tried to be. I do not contend that every word I used or everything I did before the grand jury was done perfectly, and I remain prepared to address legitimate scrutiny of my actions. But legitimate scrutiny is not the same as scapegoating, and accountability does not require silence in the face of demonstrably false accusations.
I still expect a full and fair opportunity to address the allegations against me and restore my reputation. I also would have expected, at some point during the past four months, that the leaders who directed or approved the prosecution would accept responsibility for their own roles and decisions rather than assigning the consequences to me alone.
I have been a public servant for more than 27 years, serving almost the last two decades as a federal prosecutor. I have served well and am proud of my public service.
Please treat this letter as notice of my retirement under protest, effective immediately. Please advise my counsel whom I should contact to arrange for the retrieval of my personal belongings from the Office.
Sincerely,
Sheri H. Mecklenburg
Sheri H. Mecklenburg
cc: Vicky Gehrt, USAO Human Resources Officer (by email) Sergio E. Acosta, Esq.
Joel D. Bertocchi, Esq.
Jason Yonan, First Assistant U.S. Attorney (by email)
Rick Young, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Chief (by email)
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/09/2026
Good morning from the ICE facility in Broadview, IL. As ICE vehicles trickle in and out of the lot, a small group of Chicagoland locals are holding a prayer service for those impacted by deportation efforts. The area around the facility is open, contrasting prior months of "protest zones."
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
9/24/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Quieter today (so far) compared to yesterday, but a possible ICE detainment reported in the community of Woodstock, IL. Another detainment reported in Naperville (both with corroborating A/V). An ICE vehicle was also observed this morning by O'Hare Airport.
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ALERTA COMUNITARIA – WOODSTOCK, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/24/2026
🕥 7:50 a.m.
📍 Railroad St y Short St
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Presuntamente 1 persona detenida
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Dodge Charger Gris
Nissan Pathfinder Negra
Ford Explorer GrisImage text:
🚨09/24/2026 – NAPERVILLE, IL🚨
📍 Jackson Ave. and Mill St., Naperville, IL 60540 
⏰ 10:30 a.m.
🧊 REPORTED: ICE presence in the area. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE TO US TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY.
⚠️ 1 man was detained
👤 Agents Spotted:
• 4 agents with vests saying “POLICE/ICE.” They were wearing masks that completely covered their faces and bulletproof vests.
🚗 Vehicles Spotted:
• Between 3 and 4 black SUVsImage text:
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT – OHARE AIRPORT, IL 🚨
📅 Today - 09/24/2026
🕥 6:27 a.m.
📍 Entrance of international parking terminal 5
🧊 CONFIRMED: ICE presence in the area. One vehicle confirmed in the area.
🚗 Vehicles Observed: 
Dodge Durango black- ga20541
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
9/23/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: ICE active across the suburbs this a.m. Report of possible detainments, with corroborating photos/videos, in Cicero at ~7:30 a.m. Report of 1 person detained in a Sam's Club parking lot in Vernon Hills. ICE vehicles spotted in Harvey, IL as of 10:15 a.m.
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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – CICERO, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/23/2026
🕥 7:30 a.m.
📍 Austin Blvd y 26th St
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Presuntamente 2 personas detenidas.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Nissan Armada Negra 869382
Nissan Pathfinder Negra
Dodge Charger NegraImage text:
🚨09/23/26 – VERNON HILLS, IL🚨
📍 Kohls/Sam’s Club Parking Lot - Vernon Hills
⏰ 7:30- 7:40am
Hubo presencia hoy en la mañana en el estacionamiento de Kohls/Sams Club.
🧊 REPORTADO: Una persona fue detenida. 
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
• Black Chevy Tahoe/Chevy Tahoe Negra
• Black Ford Explorer/ Ford Explorer NegraImage text:
🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – HARVEY, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/23/2026
🕥 10:15 a.m.
📍 159th St y Vine Ave
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Chevy Tahoe Negra GA20469
Ford Explorer Negra GA20535
Jeep Cherokee Negra GC12061
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
9/22/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: ICE active across southwest Chicago this morning. Rapid responders confirm at least 2 abductions in the Back of the Yards neighborhood; another person possibly taken from Lawndale area. ICE vehicles also seen near the Cook County Domestic Violence Court.
9/22/2026 alert of ICE detaining at least one person at 51st and Damen in Chicago around 6:30 a.m. 9/22/2026 alert of ICE detaining at least one person off 49th and Justine in Chicago this morning around 7:30 a.m. Image text:

🚨 09/22/2026 – LAWNDALE, IL 🚨
🕥 7:25 a.m.
📍 W 21st St y S Pulaski Rd
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Una possible detención
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Chevy Tahoe Negra 
Ford Edge Azul Image text:
🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – SOUTH LOOP, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/22/2026
🕥 9:20 a.m.
📍 W Vernon Park Pl y S Clinton St
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE. Vehículos confirmado de ice en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Dodge Durango Gris 
GC 12063
Chevy Tahoe Negra 
GC 12059
Ford explorer Negra 
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
ICE has again shot someone.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
Today at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW: Flock is offering employees "generous" buyouts as communities across the US push back against the surveillance camera network, @wired.com has learned. @peard33.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/flock-...
wired.com
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/09/2026
“ICE has not had an official director since 2017. The agency has been overseen by several acting directors, most recently David Venturella.”
theguardian.com
White House withdraws nomination of ex-state trooper Lance Schroyer to head ICE
Critics had criticized administration for nominating Schroyer, who has no formal experience working in ICE
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/09/2026
“Christian Castro, 52, was stopped by agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in a traffic stop near his attorney’s office in Minneapolis and taken to the Hennepin County Jail, where he is currently being held.”
startribune.com
ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/09/2026
what
chicagotribune.com
Cops: Body found in police vehicle at Calumet District station
A death investigation is underway after a body was found inside a police car at a CPD station on the city’s Far South Side Thursday morning, authorities said.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/09/2026
ICE has been very active on Chicago’s Northwest Side and near north suburbs today. Most recently around Avondale ~1:30 P.M.
Organización Hijos de Migrantes
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ALERTA COMUNITARIA - AVONDALE | OLD IRVING PARK
1:18p - 1:29p
QN Elston Ave y W Irving Park Rd | Kennedy Expy | N
Kedzie Ave y N Milwaukee Ave
SIGUEN EN EL ÁREA | EVITEN SALIR Q
Vehículos Observados:
Chevy Tahoe Negra
Gc 12059
SI VEN ALGO, DIGAN ALGO
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted. The verdict is still being read.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/09/2026
“Wolinski now works for the Niles Police Department.”
chicago.suntimes.com
Chicago police supervisor who led botched Anjanette Young raid should be fired, appeals court rules
The appellate panel affirmed the Chicago Police Board’s 2023 decision to fire Sgt. Alex Wolinski, agreeing his failure to lead or intervene allowed the “horrible treatment” of Young.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ICE plans to spend millions more dollars on Tangles, and specifically Webloc. As we revealed, this is a tool that ICE can use to monitor entire neighborhoods. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
escription: PenLink’s Tangles, supported by the Webloc database, provides ICE Criminal Analysts and law enforcement personnel a centralized capability to search, collect, analyze, and monitor publicly available open-source information from the open web and social media platforms. The service supports HSI criminal investigations by enabling users to develop leads and build subject, company, and commodity profiles using timely open-source data. It includes 100 credentialed user licenses for the Tangles Baseline and Webloc Bundle, access to searches and analyses, dark web sources, image and facial analysis tools, Weaver company sources, monitoring, online training, weekday support, 100 Co-Analyst licenses, one dedicated engineering support, and PenLink Academy training resources. The task order allows INTEL to procure licenses at discounted rates, with annual ordering up to $10 million. The total period of performance is September 25, 2026, through September 24, 2027.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: A deal has been reached that will allow Chicago’s parking meters to be sold to a New York-based investment firm, which has agreed to sell an airline that has been carrying out deportations for the Trump administration, 5 Chicago City Council members announced Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social
news.wttw.com
Deal Reached to Sell Chicago Parking Meters to Investment Firm, Alderpeople Say
The deal requires Stonepeak to sell Omni Air International, which has a contract with the Trump administration to carry out deportations, according to the City Council members.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In response to this, the DeSantis administration releases a statement saying that they'd make this outrageous cage "even smaller if we could." The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
"At least ten million illegal aliens entered our country under the Biden administration. Florida decided to do something about it," Lanfranconi said. "The left-wing media wants to focus on a confinement area for violent criminal aliens who have proven they cannot remain peaceful while awaiting deportation. While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could."
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/09/2026
New: Before Renée and Alex, ICE fatally shot Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas González last fall outside Chicago in suburban Franklin Park. One year later, @domguan.bsky.social spent some time with the group of local women tending to his memorial. His family is still demanding answers:
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Growing Where He Died: Silverio Villegas González, One Year Later
One year on from the killing of Silverio Villegas González, a community of Franklin Park women continue the fight to keep his memory alive–through art, flowers, and “a culture of celebrating life.”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/09/2026
Typo: Fr. Curran's name is Brendan Curran, not Brandon
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/09/2026
The ceremony honoring Silverio Villegas González has concluded. Before offering communion to those in attendance, the Catholic priests leading the ceremony also told attendees to take one of these tomatoes, which have grown at the site of Silverio's memorial.
Tomatoes grown at the Silverio Villegas González memorial in Franklin Park, ILA memorial to Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park, IL.Tomatoes on the vine at the Silverio Villegas González memorial in Franklin Park, IL
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/09/2026
Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park: Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz."
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 09/09/2026
Chicago-area members of Congress have asked DHS's Inspector General to investigate a "severe pattern of incidents of excessive force" by ICE and CBP agents. The letter heavily cites our recent report on an increasingly violent group of agents we tracked across Chicago, Minnesota, and Virginia.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chicagoland rapid responders are reporting, with corroborating photos/videos, 3 ICE abductions so far today: one each in the Chicago neighborhoods of Logan Square and Belmont Cragin and the far NW suburb of Cary, IL. Activity also reported this morning in the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Park.
9/9/2026 alert of an ICE abduction at 8:41 a.m. off Central Park and Altgeld in Chicago. ALERTA COMUNITARIA – BELMONT CRAGIN, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/09/2026
🕥 9:20 a.m.
📍 W Grand Ave y N Merrimac Ave
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. 1 persona detenida.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Jeep Grand Cherokee Negra 
Ford Explorer Gris 
SUV Negra🚨🚨🚨Alerta Comunitaria 🚨🚨🚨 
Three  Oaks Rd
Cary IL 
9/9/26 7:45am 
Se confirma presencia de ICE en area. 
1 persona detenida. 
Vehículos observados 
Chevy Tahoe Negra 
Jeep Cherokee Blanca 
Dodge Charger Gris 
Tomen precauciones y reporten cualquier cosa sospechosa.
🚨🚨🚨 Community Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Three  Oaks
Cary, IL
September 9, 2026, 7:45 AM
ICE presence confirmed in the area.
1 person detained.
Vehicles observed:
Black Chevy Tahoe 
White Jeep Cherokee
Gray Dodge Charger
Please take precautions and report anything suspicious🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – EAST GARFIELD PARK, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy – 09/09/2026
🕥 8:28 a.m.
📍 Spaulding Ave y Ohio St
🧊 CONFIRMADO: Presencia de ICE en el área. Los vehículos continúan en el área.
🚗 Vehículos observados:
 Chevy Tahoe Negra 
GC12081
  Jeep Grand Cherokee Negra 
GC12013
Ford Explorer Negra 
GA20535
Chevy Tahoe Negra 
GC12059
Nissan Pathfinder Negra 
📣 SI VE ALGO, DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO.
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