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Protesters try to block vehicles at key immigration building in suburban Chicago
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....rotesters try to block vehicles at key immigration building in suburban Chicago<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 19-9-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Broadview (US), Sep 19 (AP) Protesters tried to block vehicles Friday outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago, leading to a confrontation with authorities who used a chemical agent to disperse the crowd. Dozens of people carrying American flags....
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.... and signs with the words “Hands off Chicago” were at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 19 km west of Chicago. Some protesters were taken into custody as white clouds from the chemical agent broke up the group, allowing vehicles to arrive and depart, according to video posted online by local TV crews. Andre Vasquez, a member of the Chicago City Council a....
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....t the protest, described it as “tear gas, a little pepper spray, a little mix of both”. ICE launched a new operation this month with a focus on traffic stops in largely immigrant and Latino neighbourhoods and Chicago suburbs. “They want us to be afraid,” Illinois Lt Gov. Juliana Stratton, a Democrat, told reporters at the scene, referring to the crackdown. “They want us to just kind ....
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....of go into our little corners and not do anything... We're not going to let that happen.” Activists and local leaders lately have pledged to be defiant, trying to deter agents, warn residents and keep attention on a man killed by an immigration officer last week. Authorities said agents were pursuing a man with a history of reckless driving who had entered the country illegally. They said Si....
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....lverio Villegas Gonzalez evaded arrest and dragged an officer with his vehicle. The government said the officer fired because he feared for his life. (AP) SCY SCY<BR> News - Press release - PIB....