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.
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.
"This is the one school across the country that promotes speaking for what you believe in, and I don’t feel comfortable doing that," an undergraduate student from India said in an interview with the Maroon.
In an interview with the Maroon, Hallett spoke about the Trump administration’s mass deportation program, the rights of noncitizens, and how the administration’s efforts may cause conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Three current students and four recent graduates were recently informed that the federal government had revoked their student visas, but the reason for the terminations is unknown.
A Wednesday executive order titled “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism” cited two sections of the U.S. federal code concerning conspiracy against civil rights and immigration restrictions on the basis of terrorism.
As the Trump administration begins immigration arrests in Chicago, places like the Augustana Lutheran Church are trying to support migrants in Hyde Park.
Her book discusses social networks, solidarity, and trust between Central American migrants transiting through Mexico.
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