Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago spared immigration raids Tuesday, but Pritzker warns feds may target ‘2,000 people’
Chicago Tribune: ‘People are hiding.’ Chicago immigrants stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests. (share link)
WGN 9 Chicago: Pritzker, Chicago officials vow to protect immigrant communities amid Trump’s deportation pledge
WBEZ Chicago: What can CPS schools and parents do in the face of Donald Trump’s mass deportation threat?
Block Club Chicago: Little Village’s 26th Street A Ghost Town As Deportation Threats Loom: ‘People Are Worried And Scared’
Fox 32 Chicago: Fear of ICE raids casts shadow over some Chicago neighborhoods
ABC 7 Chicago: Fears of raids loom as CPS returns to classes and Trump authorizes ICE to target schools, churches
ABC 5 Chicago: ‘High alert’: Chicago groups try easing fears as worry grows over possible raids
Crain’s Chicago Business: Pritzker says feds targeting 2,000 in Chicago for deportation
Crain’s Chicago Business: “Threat of immigration raids turns 26th Street into a ghost town”:
Windy City Times: LGBTQ+ officials canvas with immigration rights information ahead of potential ICE raids
Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois joins 21 other states in legal challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order
WTTW Chicago: Illinois Sues Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Pritzker Says No Word on Raids Targeting Chicago
Evanston Roundtable: ‘We don’t know what’s coming’: Bracing for immigration raids, city hosts Know Your Rights workshop
Politico Playbook: Illinois is the resistance
“Bracing for impact: Illinois residents, especially in Chicago, have taken Trump at his word that he will kick off the “largest deportation program in American history.” The feds planned to start on Day 1 after the inauguration.
Tuesday came and went without any action. No one called the 800 number set up to connect people to legal counsel if they were approached by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Why the delay: Border czar Tom Homan has said officials have pivoted because information was leaked about raids starting this week. Homan had announced last month during a Chicago visit that he would start deportations here when Trump took office.
Also, Trump’s team has acknowledged in public statements that mass deportations are expensive and take time to roll out. The delay has allowed Chicago more time to inform people and employers of their rights should ICE agents come knocking. The city is also working with its agencies and departments making sure everyone knows how to handle an ICE visit.”