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Chicago residents and ICE agents square off during immigration arrests

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Chicago resident and environmental activist Gina Ramirez about what’s happening in her largely Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago’s Southeast Side as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents try to take people without legal status into custody.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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