The journalist and UChicago alum spoke with the Maroon about reporting on last fall’s federal immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, interacting with federal agents as a member of the press, and remaining objective in reporting.
Clinic organizers say immigrants are afraid to leave their homes. Volunteers have delivered groceries, accompanied kids to school, and tried to ensure that clients don’t miss their asylum case hearings.
Hyde Park’s Rapid Response network called the detention “federal immigration activity,” writing that officers also “attempted to detain multiple people outside their homes” at the same location.
La Respuesta Rápida de Hyde Park calificó el incidente como “actividad de inmigración federal" y señaló que los agentes también “intentaron detener a varias personas afuera de sus casas” en el mismo lugar.
Representatives from five UChicago faculty, staff, and student unions held a press conference on Friday morning outside Levi Hall to criticize the University’s response to ICE presence on the South Side.
Two resident heads told the Maroon that the University had not sufficiently communicated with Housing & Residence Life staff about immigration enforcement activity and how it might affect students.
According to an email from the Office of International Affairs, the student was carrying their immigration documentation and was released after providing it upon request.
As federal troops stage for deployment to Chicago, the Maroon recaps recent developments related to ICE’s “Operation Midway Blitz” and speaks to experts on the scope of the National Guard’s civilian authority.
Assistant professor Eman Abdelhadi was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, a class 3 felony, and two counts of resisting and obstructing peace, a class A misdemeanor, after participating in an anti-ICE protest outside the Broadview processing facility.
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