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10/5/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Rapid response groups reported ICE today in the towns of Hanover Park, Lombard & Oak Lawn. Video shared online shows ICE stopping a car in Hanover Park, but no confirmation of an arrest. Unconfirmed report of activity, possible detainment in Brighton Park.

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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – LOMBARD, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/05/2026
🕥 8:45 a.m.
📍 Apartamentos de Willow Lakes
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Ford Explorer Azul E407298
📣 SI VE ALGO DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO.

10/5/2026 alert of ICE active in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, with 2 confirmed ICE vehicles - a black Ford Explorer and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee - confirmed active from around 8 a.m. to at least 10 a.m. in the area of 95th and Mansfield. The rapid responders have blocked out the plate numbers.

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🚨10/05/2026- HANOVER PARK, IL🚨
⏰9:35am
📍County Farm Rd y Schick Rd
🧊CONFIRMADO: Presencia de ICE en el area.
Se observaron agentes deteniendo un vehículo.
🚘Vehiculos Observados:
Ford Edge Negra
Ford Explorer Negra
Nissan Pathfinder Negra

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A black SUV pulls over a silver sedan on a suburban street.

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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – BRIGHTON PARK, IL 🚨
⚠️SE PIDE INFORMACIÓN A LA COMUNIDAD⚠️
📅 Hoy - 10/05/2026
🕥 9:00 a.m.
📍 Western Ave y Archer Ave
⚠️INFORMACIÓN : La comunidad se reporta presencia de ICE y posiblemente un detención.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Camioneta de Ford
📣 SI VE ALGO DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO. See less
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT – BRIGHTON PARK, IL 🚨
⚠️COMMUNITY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION⚠️
📅 Today - 10/05/2026
🕥 9:00 a.m.
📍 Western Ave and Archer Ave
⚠️ INFORMATION: The community reports an ICE presence and possible arrest.
🚗 Vehicles Sighting:
Ford pickup truck

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h

JUST IN: Images from the reconstruction of Marimar Martinez's October 2025 shooting in Chicago by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum:

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 6h

Due to the evolving and increasingly complicated nature of ICE's detention purchases, we've made a few changes over at tracker.projectsaltbox.com: 1. A dedicated page just for warehouse purchases 2. A page to track the purchase of private prisons 3. Coming soon, a tab to track new construction

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ICE Detention Purchase Tracker

Data Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8h

Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 9h

This is the exact play CoreCivic made after selling two other California prisons this summer: collect a windfall from the government, get awarded the operations and wraparound contract, and then execute a stock buyback to increase shareholder value.

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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 13h

My latest: “They knew he had this misconduct on his record and hired him anyway.” Anjanette Young responds after the former Chicago Police sergeant fired over the raid of her home was hired by Niles and transferred to its detective bureau. (with @heathercherone.bsky.social)

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CPD Sergeant Who Led Botched Raid at Home of Anjanette Young Now Working as a Suburban Police Detective

Records show the department is standing by Alex Wolinski even after an appellate court upheld his termination. Anjanette Young criticized the move: “They knew he had this misconduct on his record and ...

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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 11h

They cut down the "grandmother" tree.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h

It's not officially fall until this beautiful maple in my neighborhood starts turning firetruck red

A maple tree whose upper branches have turned bright red while the lower branches are still green

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

A representative with the National Lawyers Guild says police arrested one person who protested racist provocateur Jake Lang's "crusader march" yesterday in Bridgeview, IL. Another person was detained on site but released w/o charges. The NLG rep didn't know if anyone with Lang's group was arrested.

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BlueCollarJazz @domguan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You couldn’t make a better clown car of white supremacists, and clowns wear white makeup.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 05/10/2026

Also seen among the other hatemongers today: at least one person with a Jewish Defense League hat (reporters noted her standing mostly away from Lang and his crew; other side of sign read "Jake Lang is a red herring"). Photo: @domguan.bsky.social

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

Reporters learn literally any word but "clashes" challenge

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We murdered four more people in a boat today

U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.

The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"With nearly 85% of votes reported, Flavio led Lula with 48.47% of the votes to the president’s 43.49%. A candidate must pass 50% in order to win outright...surveys in the run up to the election had forecast Lula leading the first-round vote by around 3...points." www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/b...

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Brazil election headed to runoff, projection shows, as Bolsonaro lead narrows

Flavio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first-round presidential vote as more than half the ballots were counted, with Datafolha projecting a runoff.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

10/4/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: ICE reported active across Chicago's SW side and in Hammond, IN today. At least 3 abductions reported: 1 in Archer Heights; 1 near a Back of the Yards Home Depot the feds have targeted for months; 1 in Hammond outside what looks to be a Unilever warehouse.

A 10/4/2026 rapid responder alert warning of an ICE abduction on 48th and Western, near a Home Depot the feds have targeted since last year.

A 10/4/2026 rapid responder alert warning of an ICE abduction on 44th and St. Louis in Chicago's Archer Heights neighborhood.

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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – Hammond, IN 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/04/2026
🕥 12:15 p.m.
📍 Calumet Ave y Indianapolis Blvd
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Una persona detenida.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Chevy Tahoe Negra
Dodge Durango Blanco
SUV Negra
📣 SI VE ALGO DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

From photographer Evan Stone: a member of Lang's crew inside a silly string covered car waved what appears to be a gun at the crowd this afternoon. A Bridgeview police officer can be seen peering inside the vehicle. He then swipes its side mirror back into position:

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cam rodriguez 🔎 @camrodriguez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@elviamalagon.bsky.social and I have been tracking and covering heat-related deaths all summer, and for good reason— at least 16 people have died from heat exposure in Cook County, 13 in Chicago, mostly on the South Side. That's the most in at least a decade. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

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Nine of the people who died from heat this summer in Cook County did so inside their homes or apartments and many had no working air conditioning, according to a review of records from the Cook County...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Since this summer, ICE has been arresting asylum applicants at airports. Many came legally, then applied for asylum. They have been here for years just stuck in a massive line, working and paying taxes while they wait. No prior admin would have arrested them. Their “overstay” is due to DHS delay.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dug into this and her name seems to be Zhao Jing. She’s being held at Adelanto. A habeas lawsuit was filed at 11:05 AM Pacific today. On X, a user said Ms. Zhao had taught her son. As to why ICE arrested her, no idea. Most likely she’s a pending asylum applicant who got stuck in backlogs for years.

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Search Results: 1
JING ZHAO
Country of Birth : China, Peoples Republic of Status: In ICE Custody
State: CA
Current Detention Facility: ADELANTO ICE
PROCESSING CENTER

Screenshot of PACER filing:

Notice of Electronic Filing
The following transaction was entered by Bayburtski, Hohannes on 10/4/2026 at 11:05 AM PDT

Case Name:
Case Number:
Filer:
Document Number: 1
Zhao v. janecha et al
5:26-cv-05854
Jing Zhao
Docket Text:
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody by Petitioner Jing Zhao.

常國棟GORDON/滅共..
20h
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Translated from Chinese

Her name is Zhao Jing, and my heart broke when I heard her shout "Jing Zhao." Because I saw terror, helplessness, and despair on her face, which shattered me. I never imagined I'd see her in such a way. I still have her contact information; I have her email records. She was once my eldest son's early intervention teacher, with extremely fluent English close to native speaker level, and a senior staff member at that institution—a team-leading Supervisor. She's even from the same hometown as me. For someone in her situation, do you have any advice?

郑存柱 @cunzhuzheng.2h
X
S Translated from Chinese
Recent Progress:
Last night, a friend of this lady reached out to me, asking for my help. Early this morning, I got in touch with Ms. Zhao by phone. After our conversation, I obtained her specific details. That friend had helped top up her phone credit. Since her father doesn't know how to answer calls from the immigration detention center, I also found a kind-hearted friend to go to her residence, visit her elderly father, and promptly check on his health condition.
I immediately drafted a writ of habeas corpus, handed it to the lawyer for review, and have now uploaded it to the federal court for official filing.
I hope she can redain her freedom soon.

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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Like these dudes with their "No Wars For Jews" banner are honest to god genocidal racists who follow Jake around to complain that he's not nazi enough because of his Jewish heritage. They last did it in NYC on 9/11 They are not your friends. They are your fucking enemies. bsky.app/profile/tali...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

Yes, more here: bsky.app/profile/uzza...

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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hey Bridgeview, Y'all came to get tough on Jake Lang. But you also have neonazis standing on your side of the cops & barriers. One is Trevor Raein of "Evropean Americans". I believe Gregory Conte is also there. He co-organized Unite the Right in Charlottesville.

Trevor Raein on the left. A man who I believe is Gregory Conte on the right.

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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They are very much "real Nazis" One is Gregory Conte, a Unite the Right organizer bsky.app/profile/uzza...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

We're heading out. Crowd is mostly dispersed as well. We'll update with arrest totals when we can get them.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

After Lang left, we also saw police surround a person who appeared to be splayed on their back. We later saw police take someone, who appeared to be alert and sitting upright unassisted, out of the crowd on a golf cart thing. Riot police gone, local cops still on scene but keeping their distance.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

A lot just happened. Police cleared an exit for Lang and his group, who left in a large caravan. A cop in riot gear pushed at least one person hard to the ground in the process. Someone, not sure if police or one of Lang's, sprayed people with mace. Hearing reports of arrests but can't confirm atm.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

People are also corraling this group of guys in white polo shirts on the edge of the crowd, one of whom proudly declared they're the "real nazis" a few moments ago.

People in white polos stand with their backs to yellow concrete bubkers while other people in black clothes yell at them. One of the people in white polos is shouting into a megaphone.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

A drone is hovering above the white supremacist camp's trucks. Not sure whose it is. The size of Lang's group has remained about the same since we got on-scene. The crowd coming out to oppose them has grown significantly. Easily high hundreds of people at this point.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

A few IL State Police with clubs out, held horizontal, just came on scene

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

Lang's crusader march group is well outnumbered; besides the police (including those in riot gear) there are yellow concrete barricades separating people from Lang & co. There's a big sign truck with Lang's face on it that says "go home pedophile"

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026

Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview: A few hundred people are out protesting right-wing provocateur Jake Lang and his attempted "crusader march" on the local Palestine Fest going on nearby. Police in riot gear just formed a line, with Lang's group behind them.

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daviss @daviss.org · 04/10/2026

Hundreds marched through Downtown Minneapolis today, supported by a large list of unions and community groups. Making stops at Target and the Federal Courthouse asking for Target to sign the Democracy Pledge and demanding charges against all Anti-ICE protesters be dropped.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

10/3/2026 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Local rapid responders have not reported any ICE detainments in the Chicago area today. That doesn't necessarily mean none occurred, but it does seem like today a much quieter day.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Notice how they also brag about the number of naturalizations having plummeted; a sign of how much they detest legal immigration. /also, the removals number is largely fake. The actual number is 650-700k.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This detailed report tracks the rise in the term’s usage on Twitter. Unsurprisingly, Elon Musk played an important role in normalizing the use of the term in 2024. www.csohate.org/press-releas...

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New Report: Remigration and the Globalization of Far-Right Deportation Narratives

This report traces how “remigration” evolved from a fringe far-right concept into mainstream political discourse, mapping its spread across Europe and the US (2010–2025).

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
DOWN
75%
1.3K
519
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Judge April Perry is in with her summary of yesterday's "Broadview Six" proceedings. No further detail yet on her questions for the feds:

10/01/2026 270 MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Hearing held 10/1/2026 on the pending motions. For the reasons stated on the record in open court, Petition to Intervene filed by Sheri Mecklenburg 261 is granted and Ms. Mecklenburg may intervene to challenge the possible appointment a special prosecutor and any potential consideration of sanctions. Motions for an evidentiary hearing and discovery 226 and to appoint a special prosecutor 227 are denied in part, insofar as former defendants will not be provided with discovery or an adversarial hearing on the issue of sanctions or the appointment of a special prosecutor. The Court will, however, consider whether sanctions or a special prosecutor are warranted after having requested and reviewed additional evidence from the Government. The Government's request to brief the constitutionality of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42 is granted. The Government's brief regarding the constitutionality of Rule 42 is to be filed by 11/2/2026. Given that this is no longer an adversarial proceeding, the Court appoints Professor William Baude to serve as amicus curiae and brief the opposing position to the Government's. The Clerk is directed to add Professor William Buade as Amicus party. Professor Baude's brief is to be filed by 12/2/2026. Motions for attorneys' fees and expenses 201 210 are granted. The parties are to meet and confer and determine if a settlement of this matter can be reached, if they would like the court's assistance in mediating the issue, or if they prefer a briefing schedule. A joint status report on the attorneys' fees motions is to be filed by 11/2/2026. Motion to conduct discovery in connection with the requests for attorneys' fees 206 is denied. Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 10/02/2026)

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 02/10/2026

ICE posted another detainee death report on its FOIA Library today. This one is for Charles Leo Daniel, a 61-year-old man from Trinidad who died in ICE custody in 2024 after four years in ICE detention at the Northwestern Immigrant Processing Center in Tacoma, WA. Archived below.

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psb-foia/ice/FOIA Library Artifacts/ICE Mortality Reports/ddrCharlesLeoDaniel.pdf at main · projectsaltbox/psb-foia

FOIA requests and released records for Project Salt Box's reporting on ICE detention and federal contracting. - projectsaltbox/psb-foia

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

10/2/2026 Chicagoland ICE activity update: ICE reported active across the Chicago suburbs of Carpentersville, Melrose Park, Bartlett, Tinley Park, Waukegan, Homer Glen, Oak Lawn. Detainments reported in Melrose Park, Tinley Park, Homer Glen, possibly others in Carpentersville, Bartlett, Oak Lawn.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026

This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(1/2) When the ICE Air jet arrived in Kenya last week, we believe that the 8 Somali men onboard from GTMO* were transferred onto another plane (F50) & flown to Mogadishu, Somalia. The F50 plane, parked nearby, departed Nairobi for Mogadishu ~45 min after the ICE jet landed.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i’ll be on wttw’s week in review tonight at 5:30 pm central to talk about this and some other big stories from the week. 📺 watch live: www.wttw.com/wttw-live-st...

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