“Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi’s location was showing she was at Broadview’s immigration processing facility Friday night, her sister told Evanston Now, but a sheriff who said they searched the facility did not find her inside.”
“A U.S. citizen from Skokie who was born in Evanston was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Thursday, along with two other U.S. citizens and three Green Card holders, after returning on a flight from Turkey.”
“We often don’t scream from the mountaintops when people from our community” are suffering, but Mohajir said he wanted to speak out about the injustice in some way while trying to help the family.”
First heard of him when watching top chef last year. Cool to see him giving back.
AI is destroying the environment, depleting water, causing layoffs, destroying critical thinking, but at least it's also inaccurate.
“The police are there, usually every three days more or less, then they go away for like two days,” she said. “During that time, people start to trust that they can work. But then two or three days later, they come by again and then sweep everybody.”
“Nationally, 20% of immigrants seeking asylum missed their hearings in January, compared with half that rate a year earlier. Asylum seekers with pending applications are in the country legally, but under federal law, failing to appear for a hearing can result in a deportation order.”
“Communities have used loud sirens to warn people about approaching storms, tsunamis and tornadoes, but now some activists in Los Angeles are using sirens to warn about immigration agents.”
"Since the Obama center has been announced we have been talking about there is danger that the center will displace community members," Infiniti Collins with the Southside Together organization said."
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
“Like how many other developments have happened in the city, it felt like it was just pushed through so silently and so quickly without any community input,” said Amanda Mauser, a longtime Bridgeport resident.”
U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.
Senate Dem looking at funding Trump's war, per Politico:
Jack Reed (RI): @reed.senate.gov
Gary Peters (MI): @peters.senate.gov
Tim Kaine (VA): @kaine.senate.gov
Elissa Slotkin (MI): @slotkin.senate.gov
Chris Coons (DE): @coons.senate.gov
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): @shaheen.senate.gov
Also I know the bar is low but kinda cool that Rob Rausch, someone people assumed was conservative bc he’s from Alabama and white, is using his bigger platform to say something. It’s rough for immigrant communities rn so being vocal says at least you’re not afraid to show solidarity.
I don’t love the idea of a celebrity accessory. I think the pin alongside at the very least a statement is a starting point. Don’t be like Jack antonoff.
“I don’t fuck with ICE,” Rausch says over text message. “I couldn’t sleep at night not supporting my immigrant brothers and sisters. It’s one thing to enforce the law, it’s another thing to dehumanize people and break up families.”
The March meeting of the U.S. advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover has been postponed, according to a spokesman for the Health and Human Services.
As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.
Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:
ATTENTION PLEASE! COMMUNITY ALERT LOCATION: ADDISON AND KIMBALL DATE: MARCH 4, 2026 TIME: 10:00 AM There was a confirmed abduction of 4 community members at the Home Depot at Addison and Kimball at 10:00 am on 3/4/26. Some agents were in plain clothes and some were in camouflage. Some wore face masks. Agents were in multiple cars, including a blue Ford Explorer with Illinois plates E40 7928 and a gray Dodge Charger with Illinois plates R84 7852. ICE is no longer in the area. REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS AND INFORMATION TO THE ICIRR FAMILY SUPPORT HOTLINE (855) 435-7693 NORTHWEST SIDE RAPID RESPONSE
At Home Depot on Addison and Kimball today
Texas state Rep. Steve Toth defeated U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw in a GOP primary for US House. Toth is a state lawmaker who was endorsed by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.
i have to believe that better things are possible
Results: Progressives win all four of these primaries, ousting incumbents Cunningham, Willingham, and Majeed, while Pierce held off Wray’s comeback.
extraordinary night for state progressives in North Carolina
via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The Metropolitan King County Council voted Tuesday to ban any new detention centers in the county for at least the next year, becoming the latest local jurisdiction to attempt to block any new immigration detention facilities in the region.
Imagine trying to live your life and have to navigate fake companies trying to trick immigrant community members so that ICE can more easily take them away. That’s levels of vigilance that doesn’t allow for peace of mind .
“The Google-owned Waymo told outlets that it would not be providing a statement.”
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