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At one point, Gregory Bovino, the #BorderPatrol leader who was the face of the admin’s #immigration crackdown in #LosAngeles, #Chicago & #Minneapolis, called federal #prosecutors, pressing them to charge #demonstrators with #crimes. When a prosecutor asked what the operation’s end goal was, several people familiar with the call recalled #Bovino saying that he did not intend to “calm it down,” but instead, he said, “We’re going to put it down.”

#Trump #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP

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@redsad@ohai.social · 8 hours ago

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Stephen Sekula

@steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net · 9 hours ago

Had a lovely flight from #Aspen to #Chicago. Short layover now before my flight to Canada!

The Chicago exurbs seen out of the window of a jet plane.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 10 hours ago

…As #DOJ officials pushed back against suggestions that a #CivilRights investigation was in order in the days after Ms. Good’s death, clashes between #Minnesota residents & #immigration agents escalated. Some #prosecutors were met with resistance when they urged supervisors to open investigations into reports of #assaults & #abuses by #federal agents. The DOJ also blocked the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from taking part in investigating Good’s killing, adding to prosecutors’ frustrations.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 10 hours ago

#Trump #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP

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ProgressivePower

@ProgressivePower@newsie.social · yesterday

If the federal government won't hold these rogue ICE and agents accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring them to #justice #government #ICE #Chicago

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ProgressivePower

@ProgressivePower@newsie.social · yesterday

If the federal government won't hold these rogue ICE and agents accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring them to #justice #government #ICE #Chicago

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Court records show #Chicago #immigration raid was about #squatters, not Venezuelan #gangs

Newly revealed arrest records show that a high-profile immigration raid on a South Shore Chicago apartment building last year that became a symbol of #Trump's harsh immigration tactics actually targeted squatters, not Venezuelan gang members.

#law #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #CivilRights #HumanRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #ICE #Sturmabteilung #USpol
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5703603/court-records-chicago-immigration-raid-was-about-squatters-not-venezuelan-gangs

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Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Good morning. There be Graupel. (We used to call this sleet.) #Photography #Today #Winter #Chicago

Close-up of a deck or outdoor ledge covered in a dense layer of small white sleet or hail pellets, also called graupel, with a brown wall and a flowerpot partially visible at the top of the image.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Quickly after the Sept 30, 2025, raid, #DHS published a dramatic video of the operation showing agents with their #guns drawn, some rappelling out of a #BlackHawkHelicopter onto the roof, & leading people [including children & people not dressed] away with their hands zip-tied.

On multiple occasions, the #Trump admin has said the building was frequented by members of #TrenDeAragua , a Venezuelan gang.

#law #immigration #SocialCleansing #CivilRights #HumanRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #USpol

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

But arrest records for two of the men show the government's stated reason for the raid was to take out #squatters, not #gang members. The documents were included in a motion filed in an ongoing case challenging #warrantless #arrests in #Chicago.

In the documents, #DHS stated "this operation was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.

#Trump #law #immigration #UseOfForce

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Court records show #Chicago #immigration raid was about #squatters, not Venezuelan #gangs

Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Good morning. There be Graupel. (We used to call this sleet.) #Photography #Today #Winter #Chicago

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 days ago

"property owner, Trinity Flood, a Wisconsin-based real estate investor, and the management company at the time of the raid, Strength in Management [Owned by Corey Oliver]...

building, which had repeatedly failed city inspections in the two years before the raid...

allegations that Flood and [Oliver] used federal agents to illegally force the Black and Hispanic tenants from the 130-unit building"
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

#Wisconsin #RealEstate #Management #DHS #News #Press #Media #US #USA

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The property owner, Trinity Flood, a Wisconsin-based real estate investor, and the management company at the time of the raid, Strength in Management, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday morning. Flood and Corey Oliver, the management company’s owner, have repeatedly declined interview requests and have not acknowledged any involvement in the operation.

A DHS spokesperson did not respond to questions Wednesday morning but repeated earlier statements that the raid was performed legally. “Given that two individuals of a Foreign Terrorist Organization were arrested, at a building they are known to frequent, we are limited on further information we can provide,” the spokesperson said.

From the beginning there had been questions about whether Flood and her property manager tipped off the government to get rid of squatters in her building, which had repeatedly failed city inspections in the two years before the raid.

Last month, state officials launched a housing discrimination investigation into allegations that Flood and Strength in Management used federal agents to illegally force the Black and Hispanic tenants from the 130-unit building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. — Text from article: The property owner, Trinity Flood, a Wisconsin-based real estate investor, and the management company at the time of the raid, Strength in Management, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday morning. Flood and Corey Oliver, the management company’s owner, have repeatedly declined interview requests and have not acknowledged any involvement in the operation. A DHS spokesperson did not respond to questions Wednesday morning but repeated earlier statements that the raid was performed legally. “Given that two individuals of a Foreign Terrorist Organization were arrested, at a building they are known to frequent, we are limited on further information we can provide,” the spokesperson said. From the beginning there had been questions about whether Flood and her property manager tipped off the government to get rid of squatters in her building, which had repeatedly failed city inspections in the two years before the raid. Last month, state officials launched a housing discrimination investigation into allegations that Flood and Strength in Management used federal agents to illegally force the Black and Hispanic tenants from the 130-unit building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.

ProPublica

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 2 days ago

"The complex was home to dozens of mostly African American and Venezuelan tenants. While some said they had stopped paying rent because of the dangerous and dilapidated conditions, close to a dozen Venezuelans, including Colmenares, Henríquez and Andrade, told us they were paying rent to people they believed worked for the management company...

that money was going to other tenants who claimed to be the managers."
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

#DHS #ICE #News #Chicago #Illinois #US #USA

Text from article and link to related article:
Text: Johandry José Andrade Jiménez, 23, had moved into the South Shore complex with his wife and three young daughters just two days before the raid. Andrade was deported in December. His wife was released with an ankle monitor in Chicago, where she now struggles to support their daughters alone.

“They separated me from my family,” Andrade said. “I feel awful.”

The complex was home to dozens of mostly African American and Venezuelan tenants. While some said they had stopped paying rent because of the dangerous and dilapidated conditions, close to a dozen Venezuelans, including Colmenares, Henríquez and Andrade, told us they were paying rent to people they believed worked for the management company.

But in some cases, that money was going to other tenants who claimed to be the managers. ProPublica interviewed a U.S. citizen who said that he and others moved Venezuelan families into empty units, charged whatever amount they believed was fair and pocketed the money. “We started making them pay rent to us,” the man said.

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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges — Text from article and link to related article: Text: Johandry José Andrade Jiménez, 23, had moved into the South Shore complex with his wife and three young daughters just two days before the raid. Andrade was deported in December. His wife was released with an ankle monitor in Chicago, where she now struggles to support their daughters alone. “They separated me from my family,” Andrade said. “I feel awful.” The complex was home to dozens of mostly African American and Venezuelan tenants. While some said they had stopped paying rent because of the dangerous and dilapidated conditions, close to a dozen Venezuelans, including Colmenares, Henríquez and Andrade, told us they were paying rent to people they believed worked for the management company. But in some cases, that money was going to other tenants who claimed to be the managers. ProPublica interviewed a U.S. citizen who said that he and others moved Venezuelan families into empty units, charged whatever amount they believed was fair and pocketed the money. “We started making them pay rent to us,” the man said. Link: Read More “I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges

ProPublica

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 days ago

"Arrest records... provide the clearest picture yet of what led to the controversial & aggressive operation, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter, broke down doors and zip-tied #US citizens and #immigrants.

[It was *NOT* because Tren de Aragua had taken over the building, but]...“based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”"
- @ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

#ICE #CBP #DHS #Violence #Trump #Lies #News #Chicago #USA #UnitedStates

ProPublica

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 2 days ago

"Now, new documents confirm in the government’s own words that what prompted the raid was more pedestrian: allegations that immigrants were squatting in the complex.

And the landlord had given federal officials, who were already targeting immigrants in Chicago, the blessing to search the building."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #Chicago #lies #disinformation
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Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Good morning and a morning mystery. Not sure what animal or bird made these very uniform tracks through the back yard. #Photography #Today #Winter #Chicago