Echoing the Raids in L.A., Parts of Chicago Are Untouched by ICE, Others Under Siege

Look For The Helpers: How Chicagoans Are Supporting Their Neighbors Amid ICE Raids

As President Donald Trump deploys federal agents in the city and suburbs, locals are finding ways big and small to help each other. Here's how you can help, too.

Echoing the raids in L.A., parts of Chicago are untouched by ICE, others under siege

In many parts of Chicago, people are going about their daily lives untouched by the immigration sweeps. In others, ICE agents are clashing with protesters and residents feel under siege, much as they did in Los Angeles in summer.

‘Sanctuary’ Policies Are at the Heart of L.A., Chicago, Portland Stand-Offs – Center for Immigration Studies

Protests against ICE have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous, with frog-suited activists and nude cyclists entering the fray as lawsuits and recriminations fly and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker threatens political prosecutions once electoral fortunes turn — the latter a twist on what beat cop Jim Malone (Sean Connery) called “the Chicago way” in the 1987 classic, The Untouchables.