The Chicago kidnappings have begun
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Act 2 of This American Life this week was reported by a Mexican woman living in Chicago (in Gage Park, if that means anything to our Chicago locals). While she has papers, one of her family members is undocumented. Well worth a listen.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/875/i-hate-mysteries/act-two-3
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4,200 people disappeared by ICE
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We'll take the (small) victory.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard members to the Chicago area while a legal challenge moves forward, delivering a setback to President Trump in his effort to use federalized troops in Illinois to ensure enforcement of federal immigration laws.
The high court left untouched a judge's decision blocking the government from putting National Guard members on the streets of Chicago and surrounding areas. The Trump administration had urged the Supreme Court to allow the extraordinary move to deploy the troops over the objection of Illinois' Democratic governor, arguing that federal courts cannot second-guess the president's decision to call the National Guard into federal service.
But the Supreme Court declined the administration's request to freeze that order in a decision that appears to be 6-3. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supreme-court-national-guard-chicago/
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We'll take the (small) victory.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard members to the Chicago area while a legal challenge moves forward, delivering a setback to President Trump in his effort to use federalized troops in Illinois to ensure enforcement of federal immigration laws.
The high court left untouched a judge's decision blocking the government from putting National Guard members on the streets of Chicago and surrounding areas. The Trump administration had urged the Supreme Court to allow the extraordinary move to deploy the troops over the objection of Illinois' Democratic governor, arguing that federal courts cannot second-guess the president's decision to call the National Guard into federal service.
But the Supreme Court declined the administration's request to freeze that order in a decision that appears to be 6-3. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supreme-court-national-guard-chicago/
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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
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Absolutely disgraceful.
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I got this text from a neighbor last night. She's a middle school teacher in another school district; she and her husband have two kids, one of whom attends the school in question.
Hi wtg, a (name of school) parent was taken bv ICE this week when bringing his son home from after school program. A parent has organized a walking school bus to help get kids to school safely. I can't help since I'm teaching every day, but I thought you or other retired neighbors might be interested.
(link to sign-up site)
(photo of sign in front of apartment building where many Hispanic families reside and that is two blocks from the school)This sign is the meeting spot. Feel free to share the signup with others you think might like to help out.
They're scheduling a month's worth of volunteers and then will re-visit whether the service needs to continue.
All the slots are filled already.
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So the walking bus starts today. The organizers have issued a couple of pages of guidelines about what to do, including if the goons show up. There's a map of the route they should take; it basically avoids sidewalks and has them taking a route through a field to get to the school.
There are confirmed reports from MN that plain-clothed agents are posing as helpers.
This is so infuriating.
