'They will not break us': Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump's immigration crackdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : This breaks my heart.
55% : "ICE in Berwyn bright and early.
53% : The TikTok video went viral early Monday: A brief recording appeared to show a half-dozen federal agents, one with the acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement emblazoned on his back, walking past a street of brick bungalows in a western suburb of Chicago.
53% : There are 22 rapid response groups across the city that then respond to and confirm tips about ICE.
51% : Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it made an average of about 710 immigration arrests nationwide each day from Jan. 23 through Jan. 27, up from an average of about 310 a day during the previous fiscal year under the Biden administration; if that rate were to continue, it would exceed the previous peak of arrests during the Obama administration, when they averaged more than 630 a day in 2013.
50% : The Department of Homeland Security and ICE did not respond to Tribune requests for updated arrest numbers nor did officials answer questions on how federal immigration policy changes might affect the Chicago area.
50% : When whispers of ICE raids began circulating around the heavily Latino, non-English-speaking communities, she helped start donation drives and put together volunteer teams to drop off groceries for those who were scared to leave their homes.
50% : Those volunteers distribute information pamphlets, track undercover cars and quickly get to scenes where ICE has been spotted.
50% : In 1985, Mayor Harold Washington declared Chicago as a sanctuary city by signing an executive order ending the city's practice of asking job and license applicants about their citizenship status; he also generally barred city agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
48% : In 2012, under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago further strengthened protections for undocumented residents, said Loren Collingwood, associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico and author of the book "Sanctuary Cities: The Politics of Refuge.
43% : If you're arrested by ICE in Illinois, what happens next?
43% : One case that spurred widespread panic was of Raul Lopez, an undocumented father in Elgin who had lived in the United States for more than two decades before he was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Tuesday during a fugitive investigation targeting his stepson, who was wanted on an attempted murder charge but was not at the home at the time.
40% : Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling said during a Tuesday news conference that more than 100 people in the Chicago area had been detained by ICE so far, though he didn't have exact numbers nor did he know how many had criminal convictions.
37% : There's a warrant for your arrest -- they tell you how to hide from ICE.
29% : The Rev. Kenneth D. Phelps of Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn said he believes Trump is promoting fear.
28% : For instance Chicago, very well educated, they've been educated (on) how to defy ICE, how to hide from ICE," Homan said.
20% : "Under Trump, federal officers can now arrest people without legal status if they're encountered during an investigation of migrants targeted for removal; under President Joe Biden, these so-called collateral arrests were generally prohibited.

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