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Gigi Griffis (she/her/pt:ela) 🍉
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That historical bitch. Critically acclaimed author. Latest book: AND THE TREES STARE BACK. #Neurodivergent 🏳️🌈🏴☠️ Rep: Paige Terlip.
![When ICE authorities in dark SUVs arrived in Chicago’s Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic enclave of around 70,000, to begin enacting President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda, another operation began. The community launched its own counteraction: an urgent system of text chains, social-media groups and calls between local leaders. The response was nearly instantaneous.
“Videos are coming in, text messages, people are hitting the street following them throughout the neighborhood until they left,” said Alderman Michael Rodriguez. In the end, the officers made no arrests, Rodriguez said.
Federal officials say the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up arrests is running into a challenge in some places: a robust outreach effort by activists to methodically track ICE’s movements and educate migrants on what to do when immigration officials come to town. That includes not answering questions or letting anyone inside without a proper warrant. [Source: WSJ, via library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmct542tz3grqn6nrpm62hl3/bafkreihjnac7plcw4fjlutc2ryvjdwmzympjvxroyetqmvxrk6yjjqbekq)
