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Prairie Gates

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10. In their ridiculous 7-week campaign in Chicagoland, ICE has arrested around 3600
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 12:05 PM
Yesterday

These 600 are those whose arrest is deemed to have violated a consent decree. The other 3000 are in the wind.

But here's the thing: there are thought to be 175,000-200,000 undocumented people in the Chicagoland area. Even if half of them throw in the towel and self deport, it would take ICE, using the aggressive tactics that have spawned widespread resistance all over Chicagoland, another three years to "clear" the rest at this pace.

Again, that's if half of the total self-deport!

They are massively and definitively failing.

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I feel safer already. Lock up ICE. I bet they have a higher rate of criminality. marble falls Yesterday #1
I bet you are right! n/t crud Yesterday #7
Don't bet against me. The only simularity to law enforcement it has is it's addiction to donuts and Ho-hos! marble falls Yesterday #12
lock up trump and friends. AllaN01Bear Yesterday #11
And weld the doors shut. marble falls Yesterday #14
So can we impeach them all now? travelingthrulife Yesterday #2
How many lives have these monsters ruined using our public money. travelingthrulife Yesterday #3
I'll bet tRump attempts to deport them before that judge can intervene groundloop Yesterday #4
How Many of the 1,600 People Trump Pardoned Were Convicted Criminals? DrFunkenstein Yesterday #5
ooh, ooh, I think I know. All of them. twodogsbarking Yesterday #13
I've heard this from bigly reliable sources: TACO's yuge gut. marble falls Yesterday #15
From Wikipedia: markodochartaigh Yesterday #6
Well put. Barrack Obama also deported more legally, too. marble falls Yesterday #16
That's only the number of the currently detained people Bayard Yesterday #8
And it will be very hard for them to re-enter legally. marble falls Yesterday #21
You mean the republican/American Gestapo lied ? republianmushroom Yesterday #9
It's not a lie if you really, really mean it. Stephan Miller doesn't lie, he speaks from the bottom out of his asshole. marble falls Yesterday #18
Totally agree he is the biggest liar. republianmushroom Yesterday #19
Trump has nothing against immigrants, everything against people with brown skin DrFunkenstein Yesterday #22
Beside full animus towards 'different'? Could he be a r........... ? What is that word? marble falls Yesterday #23
In their ridiculous 7-week campaign in Chicagoland, ICE has arrested around 3600 Prairie Gates Yesterday #10
Reality will kill ignorance every time. Pulling 200,000 out of the Chicago economy will not be good for businesses. marble falls Yesterday #20
Just checking, but in the event the US is attacked will all of the troops be on Trump Revenge Missions? twodogsbarking Yesterday #17
ProPublica is reporting not a *single* person who was arrested has been charged with a crime: LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #24
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