June 16 Updates

Written By Emily Wheeler

National

  • NO KINGS Day Protest across the country -Over 5 million people attended

  • Protest Against Immigration Raids Spread nationwide as administration readies Tactical Units, as California Lawsuits challenging federal deployment of National Guard is appealed

  • Administration Reportedly Planned to Transfer Thousands of Undocumented Migrants to Guantanamo

  • DACA Reaches 13th Anniversary , Future of the Program Remains in Limbo 

  • Department of Homeland Security Announces End of Temporary Protected Status for Nepal

  • Trump administration gives personal data of Illinois immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials | abc7chicago.com https://share.google/qxlFFKotFWp2eME00

  • Major US Airlines have been reported to be sharing data with ICE & CBP. Data sharing is happening through a data broker called Airlines Report Corporation (ARC) which is jointly owned by several major airlines including Delta, American Airlines and United Airlines.

Illinois

  • ICE Targets Key Agricultural & Manufacturing Workplaces 

  • ICE Tactical Units Arrived in Chicago/ Illinois - ICE movement in Berwyn, Cicero, Burbank, Franklin Park, Pilsen , Elgin, Aurora

  • Find your state legislators here(this is an interactive map – you can select any district on the map and see who the state senator and state rep are for that place) to let them know what is important to you.

Chicago

  • SAVE THE DATE: The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, will have its Q2 meeting on Tuesday, June 24th at 10am at City Hall. We invite you to attend and/or sign up to give in-person, virtual, or written public comment. Regarding CPD’s activity on June 4th , at the ISAP office

  • A large "No Kings" protest took place in downtown Chicago, drawing thousands

  • A man from Matteson was charged with impersonating a police officer during a Chicago ICE protest.

  • Hundreds of people received text messages and emails ordering them to report to a former ICE processing center in Broadview over Father’s Day weekend.

    • Coordinated efforts led by ICIRR, TRP, and AILA meant that only five people were detained over the weekend

    • Certain SWG members were also present to help

Emily Wheeler
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