"When National Guard troops from Texas started to arrive in Illinois last week, I drove out to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center on the outskirts of Chicago to get a better look at what the soldiers were sent to protect. The ICE building is just off the interstate, next to a pest-control company and several union halls. Protesters have been gathering here for weeks, so ICE covered the windows with plywood and closed off the street with jersey barriers and steel fencing."
"One was Nick Sednew, a 40-year-old musician and father of a preschooler who told me he has been coming here every few days to try to overcome a feeling of dread and hopelessness. He stayed in the designated protest area about two blocks from where officers were coming and going, and it seemed unlikely they would notice him or the sign he held above his head, which said: ICE Out!"
National Guard troops from Texas arrived in Illinois to bolster security at an ICE processing center on Chicago’s outskirts. The facility sits just off the interstate near a pest-control company and union halls, and ICE covered windows with plywood and closed the street with barriers and fencing. The center is modest in size, resembling a neighborhood hardware store, and reflects a shift to more aggressive enforcement. Protesters and television crews gathered, while local residents in predominantly Latino neighborhoods report recent raids. One local protester described recurring dread after witnessing neighbors taken, and the federal operation was framed with militarized imagery.
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