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We asked Mayor Johnson's office about these incidents. A spokesperson said they are "actively monitoring and responding to reported violations of municipal and state law by federal immigration agents, while working to document and compile evidence of violations of Mayor Johnson’s executive order.”

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Chicago's city council empowered COPA last March to investigate alleged collaboration between CPD and ICE. Since then, people have filed at least 7 reports with COPA over ICE using local police facilities, including the 25th District station that connects to a Cook County courthouse.

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ICE agents in CPD's 24th district lot on October 9, 2025

The pattern dates back to the onset of the ICE surge. Last October, before new signage was installed reminding both feds and cops of the ban on using city property for immigration enforcement, federal vehicles were seen exiting another police parking lot in the 24th District:

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After elected officials joined community members in protest over the 17th District incidents, ICE still returned. A witness sent us a photo they captured of masked agents yet again using police property for their operations on Sept 10 in Logan Square:

a black chevy tahoe with its door open behind a fence. a man in a baseball cap and a hoodie walks beside it to another black SUV

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Northwest Side residents blast use of Chicago police lot for ICE operations

Witnesses then again recorded ICE agents in 17th District parking lots on Sept 2 and 3. According to a report to Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) we obtained, the family of one detained man was able to track his phone to the 17th District lot on Sept 3:

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At an Albany Park Police District council meeting Saturday, residents called on the Chicago Police Department to “end the collaboration” with federal immigration agents.

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ICE agents transfer detainee between vehicles in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 28, 2026

Videos provided by witnesses show ICE agents transferring immigrant detainees between cars in Chicago police parking lots at least twice this summer: on July 5 in the 11th District, and on Aug 28 in the 25th District. The Aug 28 transfer was also captured by CPD's own surveillance camera:

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We spoke with that observer, who said ICE agents held her for hours. By the time they released her, her car had been towed. She also said she saw Chicago cops glad-handing with ICE. Hard to confirm, as the surveillance video file we obtained via FOIA request is missing nearly two hours of footage.

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ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026

In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1. This is great reporting 2. Support @unraveledpress.com 3. Do the CPD lot camera math here: "The video provided is missing 118 minutes of its final two hours."

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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations

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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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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Scott Medlock @scottmedlock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

His inattention to detail, dubious path to conspiracy, and willingness to accuse a witness of a crime on the spot made me look and: yes, he was indeed a prosecutor (Missouri Attorney General)

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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026

Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4ymLaYr

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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment

Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People are encouraged by this and that's fine but I read it as: hating bad people =/= liking the alternative the alternative should try to defang the bad guys and make people's lives better, it seems like people like those things

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why this is notable: the alpr photos show martinez and ruiz in the 30 days *before* the crash in brighton park. during that time, neither was under investigation for a crime, but police were able to retrace their movements anyway in an attempt to fabricate pretense for criminal charges.

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the use of local surveillance tech to justify federal felony charges against martinez and ruiz isn’t especially remarkable on its own. yet many advocates say the case shows how easily private information can pass from one agency to another with seemingly little, if any, oversight or transparency.

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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federal authorities also tapped into the city of chicago’s pod surveillance camera system in an attempt to paint martinez and ruiz as a “caravan” of “domestic terrorists” that was “impeding” immigration enforcement.

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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the feds accessed roughly 300 photos from flock alprs in at least five chicago suburbs that show martinez and ruiz making routine trips to work and run errands in the 30 days before border patrol agent charles exum crashed into their cars and shot martinez five times.

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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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.