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This young woman explains why Chicago residents didn’t protest or riot against ICE the way people did in Los Angeles or Minneapolis. She says that while working security at an aid office, black residents began noticing that illegal immigrants, particularly Venezuelans, were filling the office every day, had a separate line, couldn’t speak English, and were receiving much larger amounts of assistance than Chicago residents who pay taxes. The differences in treatment and benefits shaped the community’s reaction. “When they came, they were getting $3K–$4K in LINK and cash, all types of aid from the government. Meanwhile, real citizens who pay taxes were begging for $100 a month in LINK.” “Y’all know black people talk sh*t, so everybody in the office because it’s two separate lines for the immigrants and the citizens, and there are like a million people outside the offices every morning would notice. They’d be like, “All these motherfvckers here, they’re getting this much money and they’re getting this.” I saw somebody leave a receipt with that balance on it. They’d do a bunch of that, so everybody knew what the Venezuelans had going on, and everyone was getting enraged by it.”