US Edition'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids
Journalists and students use verified Google map pins to counter rumors, tracking over 4,300 arrests in Chicago under Operation Midway Blitz, officials said.
- On Dec 13, Loyola University Chicago student journalists opened a Google Map and dropped pins logging confirmed federal agent sightings near Chicago campuses and surrounding neighborhoods.
- Operation Midway Blitz began in early September, deploying Border Patrol and ICE across Chicago as panic spread in recent months, prompting students to verify reports rather than repeat rumors.
- Reporters verified incidents with photos, timestamped videos or multiple eyewitnesses, while The Maroon built a Datawrapper tracker and Jake Cox created a WhatsApp channel with nearly 3,200 followers.
- Local and campus newsrooms shared leads, safety tips and source contacts through encrypted communication systems, and when The Phoenix received tips outside its beat, it routed information to other papers, aiding residents and students seeking verified information.
- Illinois officials criticized the sweeps as 'unlawful and unwarranted' , with state law permitting lawsuits against federal agents while DHS says it arrested more than 4,300 people.
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Chicago. University students in Chicago developed an online pin system on a map, in order to prevent and alert local residents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, amid the alien hunt ordered by President Donald Trump.
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