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WBEZ Chicago reporter on public safety and health. www.wbez.org/author/chip-mitchell Mobile/Signal: 312-286-9986.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 15h
#Chicago #police Sgt. Jeremy Sikorski, 45, of Garfield Ridge faces felony charges for allegedly punching a 17-year-old as she filmed him threatening a group of Southwest Side kids, @sophiesherry.bsky.social reports. The girl was diagnosed with a concussion. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
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Chicago cop charged with punching teenage girl during confrontation shown in viral video
Sgt. Jeremy Sikorski attacked the 17-year-old girl after confronting a group of teenagers who got into an altercation with at least one of his children, according to prosecutors. The girl suffered a c...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#Chicago had its fewest June-August murders since 1965. Overall violent crime is lower than any year in more than four decades. But candidates trying to replace @ChicagosMayor keep stoking public anxiety about a public safety "crisis." @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
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Mayoral candidates decry Chicago violence ‘crisis,’ even as summer murders hit 61-year low
Chicago had 122 murders in June, July and August, the lowest summer total since 1965, according to city and police data. But in their mayoral quests, candidates keep stoking public anxiety about viole...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This @bethreinhard.bsky.social report on the #Michigan GOP nominee for U.S. Senate is interesting but the headline, deck and captions avoid naming Rogers an election denier. He is merely “skeptical” of election results and wants “scrutiny” of “irregularities.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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Michigan Senate Candidate, a Former Trump Critic, Shifts Toward Election Skepticism
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, has suggested that further scrutiny of the 2020 election was warranted and that voting irregularities sank his first Senate bid two years ago.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
FEWEST JULY MURDERS SINCE 1963 #Chicago tallied 37 #murders in July. A @wbez.org analysis of police data finds there has been no July with fewer murders since 1963. Looking at all of 2026, murders are up 2% from 2025, a year that ended with the lowest Chicago murder count in six decades.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Over the last three years there have been more than 70 fires at an Illinois prison, including 12 cases of self-immolation. One man needed a skin graft. Another lost a leg. Two have died. A new investigation below. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/p...
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A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“I was confused the whole time because I’m not dangerous if I plead guilty, but I’m dangerous because I maintain my innocence.”
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
After decades behind bars, Ivy Kelly was given a choice: Walk free, or keep fighting to clear his name. I met him inside Cook County Jail to hear about his decision. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com #murder #prisons #innocence #twill #Chicago #Illinois www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
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After decades behind bars, Ivy Kelly was given a choice: Walk free or keep fighting to clear his name
A deal offered by prosecutors would have required Kelly to admit guilt following a murder trial tainted by a corrupt detective and ineffective counsel. Our reporter met Kelly inside the Cook County Ja...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wherefore we, of all who walk the earth?
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Joel @joelflaxman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m quoted in this article on an important bill to improve Illinois’s system for compensating the wrongfully convicted.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A bill awaiting @govpritzker.illinois.gov's signature could boost #Illinois payments to wrongfully incarcerated people and, for the first time, make children eligible for the compensation, @wbez.org reports. #twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...
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Bill on Pritzker’s desk would boost state payments to the wrongfully convicted
The legislation would hike the maximum payout to $50,000 for each year spent behind bars and $25,000 per year on probation or parole, or under an order to register as a sex offender. “This will make a...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#CPD data show #Chicago in May had 36 #murders, @wbez.org reports. If the figure holds, it’ll be two fewer than May 2025 (38) and the lowest May total since 2007 (34). Year to date, murders are up slightly (5.7%) from 2025. That year ended with the city’s lowest murder count in six decades.
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 12/05/2026
Brown University’s Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve argues that false confessions stem from something more pernicious than shoddy law enforcement.
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New book finds entrenched Chicago police racism behind Cook County’s wrongful convictions
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In a new book about Cook County (America's wrongful-conviction capital), Brown University’s @nvancleve argues that false confessions stem from something more pernicious than shoddy law enforcement. #Chicago #CPD www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A man who says #Chicago #police beat him into confessing to the 1992 murder of a 7-year-old boy is a step closer to learning whether he’ll get a new trial. His fate hinges on the lead detective’s alleged ties to #torture at the U.S. detention camp in #Cuba. @wbez.org www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
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Man’s bid for a retrial in boy’s murder hinges on ex-Chicago cop’s alleged ties to Gitmo torture
A Cook County judge heard closing arguments Monday over a petition from Anthony Garrett, convicted of fatally shooting 7-year-old Dantrell Davis in 1992. Garrett's attorneys said former Detective Rich...
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Make sure to click listen to hear this moving storytelling from @wbez.org’s @chipmitchell1.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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When immigration agents arrested a Chicago mother, a stranger stepped in to care for her 3 kids
The three siblings had fended for themselves for nearly four weeks on the Southwest Side. Isabel Conde, 27, couldn’t find adults in their lives to take them in. So she did it herself.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Read or tap the red "Listen" button on top to hear the story in the format (audio) for which it was conceived. Thanks @pksmid.bsky.social!
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
As #Trump threatens strikes on civilian targets in #Iran, the November video from Democratic veterans urging military members to disobey illegal orders becomes newly relevant. www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...
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Live updates: Trump warns Iran that Hormuz deadline is final
Follow live coverage of the Iran war, the global energy crisis, Trump's threats and ceasefire talks.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A reporter who exposed inner workings of rightist #Catholic cult #OpusDei lauds #PopeLeo for inviting him to meet: “The #Vatican helped create this monster, not least Pope John Paul II, [who] saw them almost like his personal green berets.” @garethgore.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It takes integrity, grit and stamina to report stories like this. #Chicago is lucky to have @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
ICYMI, #Northwestern study claims to support #trans youth but, two years in, the researchers have yet to recruit many parents who support their child’s identity. The lead researcher has touted theory that trans women are feminine gay men & sex fetishists. @vimiller.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com
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A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' well-being, but some disagree
The study, led by psychology professor J. Michael Bailey, could fuel more legislation to push trans people to the margins, trans advocates say.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Since our story Friday, shady "super PACs" have reported spending millions more in four Chicago-area Democratic primaries for U.S. House. Topped by pro-Israel, crypto and AI interests, the spending now exceeds $33.9 million. @wbez.org @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social www.wbez.org/government-p...
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Cryptocurrency, AI join in $31 million super PAC blitz in four congressional primaries
Together with pro-Israel funds, the tech money is swamping Democratic rivals in the Chicago area and, according to one government watchdog, distorting democracy.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
1/4 A few notes about our finding that “super PACs” — topped by pro-Israel, cryptocurrency and artificial-intelligence interests — have spent more than $31.4 million to influence voters ahead of primaries Tuesday in four Chicago-area U.S. House races. www.wbez.org/government-p...
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Cryptocurrency, AI join in $31 million super PAC blitz in four congressional primaries
Together with pro-Israel funds, the tech money is swamping Democratic rivals in the Chicago area and, according to one government watchdog, distorting democracy.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Topped by pro-#Israel, #crypto and #AI interests, national groups spend >$31.4 million to sway #Chicago-area voters ahead of #Democratic primaries Tuesday in four U.S. House races. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com @mawaiq98.bsky.social @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social #twill www.wbez.org/government-p...
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Cryptocurrency, AI join in $31 million super PAC blitz in four congressional primaries
Together with pro-Israel funds, the tech money is swamping Democratic rivals in the Chicago area and, according to one government watchdog, distorting democracy.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
You may have heard about #AIPAC trying to influence four #Chicago-area congressional races. But you need to see the scale and effects. This @wbez.org / @chicago.suntimes.com investigation is revealing. #Israel #Gaza @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social www.wbez.org/politics/202...
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Pro-Israel group’s donors and affiliates pour $13.7 million into Chicago-area primaries
A WBEZ survey of the 46 Democratic congressional candidates in four key races shows the few hopefuls getting AIPAC-linked support would not answer yes or no on putting strict conditions on U.S. milita...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A retired #CPD detective accused of leading #torture at #Gitmo insists he used no coercion to get a man’s confession to a 7-year-old’s murder. He’s testifying for State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s office, which is fighting the man’s bid for a retrial. @wbez.org. www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
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Ex-Chicago Det. Richard Zuley denies torturing out confession to 7-year-old Dantrell Davis’s murder
Zuley has ties to alleged coercion of suspects in Chicago and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He testified as part of State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s effort to block Anthony Garrett’s bid for a retrial....
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A River North developer has leapt far ahead in fundraising to take over U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’s seat in Congress. Jason Friedman, one of 13 candidates in the Democratic primary, would be the district’s first white rep in 53 years. @wbez.org @mitchtrout.bsky.social www.wbez.org/politics/202...
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River North developer holds big fundraising lead in Democratic fight to replace U.S. Rep. Danny Davis
Jason Friedman's cash advantage stands out in 13-way congressional primary as one top rival condemns him for having "never been a partner in this fight" to lift up the West Side.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
U.S. citizens are canceling trips abroad out of fear the Trump admin will seize their passport. This Twin Cities mother rarely leaves her home even. If she does, she tries to go with white friends or her “more racially ambiguous” kids. #KavanaughStops www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#Immigration arrests since #Trump took office have torn countless parents from their kids. When a suburban #Chicago school administrator heard that some former students of her district were in crisis, she decided to help. @icirr.bsky.social @nijc.bsky.social @wbez.org www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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After Trump’s deportation blitz rips apart a Chicago-area family, a school official steps up
Immigration arrests since the president took office have separated countless parents from their children. A suburban school district administrator heard that some former students were in crisis. She d...
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What Noem continues to insist today… also was completely contradicted by what Bovino told my colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social on Michigan Avenue in Chicago Chicago in September www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in Downtown Chicago chosen based partly on ‘how they look’
WBEZ spoke with the U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz in the Loop and River North. He said our report took his comments out of context. Here is the transcript and unedited audio r...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A #BorderPatrol agent’s camera captures a detainee’s lament: ‘We don’t have the opportunity that you have.’ More than 40 hours of bodycam footage offers a new lens into #Chicago clashes between #immigration agents and the public. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com www.wbez.org/public-safet...
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Border Patrol agent’s camera captures detainee’s lament: ‘We don’t have the opportunity that you have’
Dozens of hours of body-camera footage offer a new lens into clashes between immigration agents and the public during "Operation Midway Blitz" on the Northwest Side.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Extraordinary footage 1/2: A construction worker, surrounded by #BorderPatrol agents in a #HomeDepot parking lot near #Chicago, stands on the roof of a van. Agents try to climb up. The worker jumps to the pavement and runs away. www.facebook.com/reel/3162164...
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119K views · 968 reactions | 🚨 ALERTA: PATRULLA FRONTERIZA EN CICERO ESTA MAÑANA — Están llegando reportes de que la Patrulla Fronteriza ya llegó y que esta mañana ya la vieron en Cicero en Home Depot...
🚨 ALERTA: PATRULLA FRONTERIZA EN CICERO ESTA MAÑANA — Están llegando reportes de que la Patrulla Fronteriza ya llegó y que esta mañana ya la vieron en Cicero en Home Depot. Les voy a estar avisando...
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The protester faced prison — but the charges got dropped right after video emerged. Cole Sheridan told his story to @chipmitchell1.bsky.social www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Protester says dismissed assault case shows Border Patrol chief is dishonest: ‘His word means nothing’
Cole Sheridan was charged with assaulting Gregory Bovino in Broadview, but prosecutors tossed the case after a video appeared to contradict Bovino’s account. Several similar cases have been dismissed ...
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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Failed mayoral candidate Ja'mal Green is once again claiming on social media that @thetriibe.com's story on how Paul Vallas’s campaign paid him is untrue. I edited that story; @tonia.thetriibe.com reported it. So once again: here are the receipts. bit.ly/JaymalPaid
Screenshot of campaign finance records showing Vallas For Mayor paid Peace & Paradise LLC more than $72,000 in April and March 2023. 
bit.ly/JaymalPaidScreenshot of IL Secretary of State webpage showing Ja'Mal Green listed as a manager of Peace & Paradise LLC.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
‘HIS WORD MEANS NOTHING’: Cole Sheridan, 27, was charged with assaulting U.S. #BorderPatrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino near a Chicago-area immigration enforcement facility, but federal prosecutors dropped the case after a video seemed to contradict Bovino’s account. @wbez.org www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 28/11/2025
Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino arrested a protester on charges of assaulting a federal officer at a Broadview immigration facility, but video evidence later contradicted his account and showed the protester being pushed to the ground instead.
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‘His word means nothing’: Protester says dismissed assault case shows Border Patrol chief is dishonest
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 28/11/2025
Cole Sheridan was charged with assaulting Gregory Bovino in Broadview, but prosecutors tossed the case after a video appeared to contradict Bovino’s account. Several similar cases have been dismissed against Chicago-area protesters and immigrants.
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Protester says dismissed assault case shows Border Patrol chief is dishonest: ‘His word means nothing’
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Incidents in Chicago deportation blitz: 8 with car chases 19 with collisions 12 with forced entries 36 with tackling 16 with strikes 4 with kneeling on back/neck 5 with chokeholds 9 with spraying 18 with pepper balls 14 with tear gas 5 with stun grenades 4 with tasering www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics drive Trump’s #Chicago deportation blitz. Law enforcement experts say federal agents show a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy sez. @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The #Trump team carries out its #deportation blitz in Democratic-led #Illinois in the name of fighting crime. But Republican-led states have higher murder and violent crime rates—and faster-growing populations of unauthorized #immigrants. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Trump's claims about murder rates and illegal immigration fit red states more than blue states
As federal immigration agents carry out the president's “Operation Midway Blitz” in Democrat-led Illinois — a "blue state" — a WBEZ and Sun-Times analysis shows other Republican-led "red states" have ...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
PARALLEL UNIVERSE: The #Trump administration hones #propaganda techniques to build public support for its #deportation blitz in #Chicago. Don't miss this deconstruction by Nader Issa of the @chicago.suntimes.com. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," professor Nick Cul...
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#Chicago-area firms that earned lucrative contracts backing #Trump’s #deportation push have also benefited from deals with the city. City Council member @ward33chicago.bsky.social is calling for a review. @schuba.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Trump taps big City Hall contractors for ICE operation Brandon Johnson opposes
“We do have to take this seriously and make sure that we are not collaborating by hiring or benefiting companies that are acting against us,” said Ald. Rossana Rodriguez (33rd).
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The 1920s “immigration reform” the VP cited tonight, in this reply to a south Asian woman, was devised by Anglo bigots to all but stop the historic wave of Eastern and Southern Europeans — Jews, Italians, Slavs, Greeks etc www.amazon.com/Guarded-Gate...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
In another filing tonight in the case before Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago, plaintiffs' attorneys say depositions are set to begin Wednesday (Greg Bovino is among those to be deposed). But the feds are seeking an order that would make those depos "inaccessible to the public," they say.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
#Chicago religious leaders have been hit w teargas, spray and pepper balls outside an #ICE holding facility. They say ICE is denying pastoral care to #immigrants inside. And they're slamming "Christian" support for #Trump's deportation blitz. @estheryjkang.bsky.social www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Clergy say religious rights are under attack inside and outside the Broadview ICE facility
Chicago area religious leaders have been hit with tear gas and pepper balls outside the building. They also say immigrants are being denied pastoral care inside the facility.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Video shows a school-based #police officer telling community volunteers they can't distribute #KnowYourRights flyers outside a mostly Latino high school near #Chicago. A sergeant is seen accusing the volunteers of “indoctrinating” students. @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates
They are sitting out this week's homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says it is there to su...
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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Masked immigration agents erode trust and intimidate, says former No. 2 DEA boss: Masking is "all about intimidation.” A police chiefs association says it can create mistrust. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... by Frank Main and @chipmitchell1.bsky.social
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Masked immigration agents erode trust and intimidate, former No. 2 DEA boss, others say
A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official says masking is "all about intimidation.” A police chiefs association says it can create mistrust.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
President Donald Trump’s administration says federal agents in #deportation operations are wearing #masks to avoid #doxxing, but some #police chiefs and former top U.S. law enforcement officials are raising red flags, we report. @suntimes.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Masked immigration agents erode trust and intimidate, former No. 2 DEA boss, others say
A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official says masking is "all about intimidation.” A police chiefs association says it can create mistrust.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A mother slams #Trump admin for making her daughter, slain by a drunk driver, the face of a Chicago #deportation blitz: "Katie wouldn't want to be associated with an operation in which kids witness their parents being taken into custody on their way to school." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/o...
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Denise Lorence: My daughter is the face of Operation Midway Blitz. I am reclaiming her legacy.
My daughter Katie would not want to be associated with an operation in which kids witness their parents being taken into custody.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Thousands of #NoKings marchers are making their way past #Trump Tower in downtown #Chicago. I grabbed this view from NBC5’s helicopter stream a few minutes ago.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Propelling a #deportation blitz in #Chicago, U.S. #BorderPatrol boss Gregory Bovino is using tactics similar to those that sparked lawsuits against him and other feds in #California. @schuba.bsky.social @sophiesherry.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
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From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests
Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chic...
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