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Brandon Lee, spox for the #Illinois Coalition for #Immigrant & #Refugee Rights, said the group was working to identify those taken in the raid.
“It was a #violent show of force in the middle of the night,” Lee said. “Taking #families out of an apartment building in a residential neighborhood like that is harmful, is #traumatic, & that is not something that people can easily recover from, whether they themselves were taken or whether they witnessed it.”

#Trump #law #immigration #FamilySeparation

#traumatic #violent #familyseparation #illinois #refugee #families #immigrant #immigration #trump #law

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

When he got home from work, Dan Jones said he entered his unit to find all of his electronics & furniture missing, & all of his clothes & shoes thrown on the floor. Jones said he had no idea who took his belongings & hadn’t received answers from #Chicago #police [probably because they had nothing to do with it].

“I’m pissed off,” Jones said. “I feel defeated because the authorities aren’t doing anything.”

#Trump #law #immigration #MilitaryState #CivilRights #DueProcess #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

On Wednesday, toys, shoes & food were still in piles in the building’s hallways. Property managers were seen throwing mattresses & broken doors into dumpsters.

#DHS said federal agents with #CBP, the #FBI & the #ATF arrested 37 people in the raid. DHS said some of those arrested “are believed to be involved in drug trafficking & distribution, weapons crimes & #immigration violators.” [sure, whatever]

#Trump #law #MilitaryState #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

The feds also claimed the South Shore neighborhood was “a location known to be frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates,” but #DHS gave NO EVIDENCE to support the assertion, & authorities did not confirm that any of the people arrested were members of the Venezuelan gang.

#Trump #law #US #immigration #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the raid. A #US #citizen, he said agents broke through his door & dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left #TiedUp outside the building for nearly 3 hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, & they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a #warrant, & I asked for a #lawyer. They never brought one.”

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

In the South Shore raid, neighbors said federal agents used #flashbang #grenades to burst through the building & several #drones & helicopters were deployed.

Ebony Sweets Watson, who lives across the street, said it “looked like hundreds” of agents were outside her front door.
Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including #kids, out of the
building without any clothes on & into U-Haul vans. Kids were #separated from their mothers, she said.

#Trump #law #immigration #FamilySeparation

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 7 months ago

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing #kids coming out buck #naked & taken from their #mothers, it was horrible.”

Watson said she went into the building to help one of the residents & was shocked by what she saw.

“Stuff was everywhere,” said Watson. “You could see people’s #BirthCertificates, & papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

#Trump #law #immigration #FamilySeparation #HumanRights #Gestapo

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