Every day across the country, people who were arrested by ICE are released. Often they’re alone far from home. But a loose network of men and women are working to help. I rode with a woman as she drove folks home. My latest on a remarkable national story (link below)
Today’s story: After two months in ICE detention, CPS senior Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete is free to walk Mather High School graduation with classmates. He got a special shoutout from the stage. Story @chicagotribune edited by the great @eslife
https://t.co/2z3Kq11jzM
Shoutout to all the NPR reporters who lost their jobs today. Thank you for your service. So many great journalists moving on at a time when good reporting is needed more than ever. Nothing but respect.
Still have so much to learn about Chicago after a little more than a year here. One thing I can say I now know, though, is that when the Trib wins a Pulitzer, we head to the Billy Goat. 🍺🐐
We spoke w/almost a dozen former Krishnamoorthi staffers who described a nearly round-the-clock fundraising operation, working 80 or 100 hours a week, in which some workers burned out after only a few months.
My latest for @chicagotribune w/@PetrellaReports and @ad_quig
Please closely follow Minnesota Star Tribune as they lay facts upon facts to inform us all. Here is a link to their coverage, grateful to have a local free and plural press giving the public eyes and ears to hold government accountable - whether local, state or federal. /1
A really great Sunday story and photos: Illinois mom covers 250-mile distance to reunite formerly detained immigrants with their Chicago families: “They deserve to know somebody cares”
By @rebeccapaigejo
https://t.co/DoqiWOJudw
NEWS: On day of Kristi Noem visit to Chicago, federal immigration agents use tear gas on Elgin crowd. By @rebeccapaigejo and @WescottImages
https://t.co/IpGqTmKIVr
Take time to read this @chicagotribune
investigation: Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships, angering friends and family. It’s a disturbing and important story. By @emilyhoerner@ChristyGutowsk1 and @lschencker
https://t.co/kzA5tMvuiq
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story https://t.co/8kZQFXGuGQ
Powerful photo from @WescottImages of Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez's sister Dora Suane, right, at Loyola Medicine’s Gottlieb Memorial Hospital after Ricardo was hospitalized while being arrested by immigration agents Sunday morning.
Video from a neighbor of immigration agents detaining Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez Sunday morning in Melrose Park. Ricardo was hospitalized after the arrest.
Videos on social media show Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez struggling on the ground while a federal immigration agent keeps him in a headlock during an arrest in Melrose Park, IL. “Por favor, amigo,” he pleads as he groans and yells in pain.
w/ @WescottImages: https://t.co/wEyLabIGBo