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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,357 posts)
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:20 PM Tuesday

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

CHICAGO (AP) — The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered.

“Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her.

His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”

She abandoned her grocery cart and drove as fast as she could to her toddler and his 14-month-old brother, who, on that warm October Friday, were among the hundreds of Chicago children caught suddenly in the turmoil of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2

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Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
If only trump and miller BOSSHOG Tuesday #1
My God. American children will need therapists for ICE PTSD. Irish_Dem Tuesday #2
DHS says their agents are being assaulted? They're dressed in combat gear and armed but they're afraid Deuxcents Tuesday #3
Really good article. Thank you for posting KentuckyWoman Tuesday #4

BOSSHOG

(43,969 posts)
1. If only trump and miller
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:23 PM
Tuesday

Had Mommies to cling to. To love them and hug them and comfort them. Neither has had a happy day in their life.

Irish_Dem

(77,043 posts)
2. My God. American children will need therapists for ICE PTSD.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:24 PM
Tuesday

I would hate to be a therapist today.

Deuxcents

(24,591 posts)
3. DHS says their agents are being assaulted? They're dressed in combat gear and armed but they're afraid
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:03 PM
Tuesday

Of grandmothers and children? This whole situation has become out of control and DHS and their agents are the reason children and families are terrorized. This is not governance..this is violence against the people who live in this country.

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