New since yesterday – Protesters at Broadview ICE processing center this morning, El Grito festival postponed, and a coalition launches a new campaign, Hands Off Chicago.
Fox 32 Chicago: Protesters at Broadview processing center this morning (also videos from Rachel Cohen)
The Guardian: Chicago gears up for Trump’s federal law enforcement deployment: ‘We aren’t helpless’ (good framing and quotes from organizers at Indivisible, Personal PAC, and residents about how Chicagoans are organizing our communities and keeping each other safe)
ABC Chicago: Chicago area braces for expanded ICE operations, protests this weekend
WBEZ/Sun-Times: ‘The powder keg is growing.’ Former Chicagoans in D.C. call guard deployment ‘unprecedented and scary’
WTTW Chicago: Pritzker Says He’ll File Suit to Stop ‘Nefarious’ Plan to Send National Guard, Military to Chicago
“Gov. JB Pritzker vowed Thursday to immediately challenge in federal court any order by President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops or other armed military personnel in Chicago, as U.S. Military officials granted immigration enforcement agents access to a nearby naval base.”
Block Club Chicago: ‘Come With Me To Get Arrested’: This Chicago Lawyer Wants To Help You Fight Back Against ICE (Follow Rachel Cohen on TikTok here, and on Instagram here)
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s Latino leaders urge ‘don’t take the bait’ as city braces for uptick in federal agents
CBS Chicago: Protests planned Friday outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois
“A new grassroots campaign called Hands Off Chicago launched Thursday. The group plans to distribute “tens of thousands” of window signs throughout the city for ICE agents to see.”
Events: El Grito Festival Postponed, Mexican Independence Day Parade in Pilsen Saturday
Chicago Sun-Times: El Grito festival postponed because of potential ICE activity, National Guard deployment
Block Club Chicago: El Grito Chicago Called Off As ICE Agents Sent To City: ‘We Need To Keep Our Community Safe’
Axios Chicago: Trump threats rattle Chicago restaurants and events
Block Club Chicago: Organizers Ready Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day Events Amid Fears Of ICE Crackdown