CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago may be in for more ICE raids as President Donald Trump has ordered expanded deportations in Democratic cities.
His announcement comes as many in immigrant communities are already on edge.
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President Trump wants to expand efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
In a social media announcement, the president expressed his goal of implementing the largest mass deportation initiative in history, focusing on residents of major cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
This comes as just this weekend people across the country participated in “no kings” demonstrations as Trump held a parade in D.C.
Several people were also protesting the administration’s latest immigration enforcement.
Here in Chicago, people with pending immigration cases say they received texts or emails to check-in at the Broadview facility over the weekend.
Immigrant communities were once again feeling on edge.
State Senator Graciela Guzman expressed the community’s deep concerns, stating that people are feeling extremely anxious about their future. They are uncertain about their daily routines, questioning if they will even be able to attend their appointments, plan ahead, or carry out their regular activities such as work and taking their children to childcare, camp, or school.
Some of the people that walked out of the immigration facility were placed an ankle monitor and were given another immigration appointment
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