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Siri Chilukuri in Chicago

Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown

Man detained by police
Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois state police during a protest against immigration actions. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Reuters

For weeks, Chicago has been at the center of the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security officials have arrested 800 people as of 1 October, while also using violent tactics such as body-slamming and deploying teargas in residential areas.

Amid the raids and arrests, which have created a pervasive sense of fear, faith leaders have stepped up, putting themselves on the front lines of resistance.

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