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#RogerPeet September 2025
justseeds.org/graphic/salt-ice/

“…we were talking about the idea of #salting – taking a job at a non-union workplace with the intent of organizing or radicalizing the workers – and the conversation eventually turned to #ICE, which has been offering huge signing bonuses to the hapless dupes that join. Take that money and run? Take that money and try to turn the meatheads against their bosses? What is the best way to fight back against ICE? “

Gov Pritzker: The people of IL deserve a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency & accountability.”

The ICIRR exec dir: ICE’s ops🚨“jeopardize the safety of everyone -sad & shocking -his💔killing at the hands of ICE is a display of the extreme, aggressive tactics. Fed officials said the man had a “history of reckless driving" --most recent was in 2019 -the case was thrown out within a month +3 prior citations.
#Immigrants #ICE #DHS #USPol chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

Authorities investigate Friday after an ICE officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in suburban Franklin Park.
Chicago Sun-Times · ICE officer fatally shoots man during traffic stop in Chicago suburb, authorities sayU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when they stopped the vehicle, according to a statement from the agency.
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Finally, it was decided (after ~1 wk detention): “All but one of the 317 Koreans would fly on a chartered jet home...” (One had decided to take Trump’s “offer” to stay.)

The #Trump admin said the workers wouldn't have problems returning to the #USA in the future, per #SouthKorea ‘s Foreign Ministry.

Cho & colleagues were released from their shackles. They “put on their regular clothes, without handcuffs & boarded a bus to the airport.”

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#US #ICE #business #visas #immigration #Hyundai

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“He couldn't tell what the men with guns and armored vehicles were doing there, and no English-to-Korean translators were to be found. Maybe it was an inspection of some kind…

"’We thought we'd just be taken somewhere for further questions, but they put on handcuffs and chained our bodies,’ Cho recalled.”

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#business #visas #immigration #deportation #Hyundai #LG

Confusion, Anger, Relief:
Korean Engineer Tells of Week in #US #ICE Detention ~

wsj.com/world/asia/confusion-a

“Back in #SouthKorea , Cho's wife, Lee Seul-bi, got a call informing her of her husband's detention. She thought it was fake. After all, he had a B-1 visa to enter the #US for short-term #business when he traveled there in mid-July. The visa allows activities such as business meet-ings, training & working with industrial equipment…”

“I don’t want him to go back there,” she said of prospect of her husband returning to the #USA

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#visas #immigration #deportation #ICE

“A community member is dead, and an officer was injured,” Rendón said. “These are outcomes that serve no public safety purpose and leave entire communities traumatized. Safe neighborhoods depend on trust, not fear. When federal agents conduct unaccountable operations in our communities, everyone becomes less safe.” commondreams.org/news/ice-shoo

Common Dreams · ICE Shooting Near Chicago Shows Dangers of Trump ‘Midway Blitz’ | Common DreamsICE's "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago has already turned deadly, with a man shot and killed by an agent. Rep. Brad Schneider warns of a climate of fear and anxiety. Thousands protest against Trump's deployment of ICE. #Immigration #ICE #Chicago
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#USA: 🚨🚨 The Trump admin does not want YOU to VOTE.

The #fascist Orangutan Admin is coming up with anything to keep YOU from voting #MAGA out !

They #farright claim they need an original #birthcertifixate, they're trying to ban #VotingByMail, tou can only use an orig b-certificate or a passport for ID, they want to make sure the #postalservice is slow so that ballots aren't sent in in time. There's an obsession with signature-matching because it's a tool to eliminate ballots . They're trying to eliminate #EarlyVoting, etc

They're also trying to put #ICE at the polls, #voterintimidation, inceeasing the burden of #voting, etc

#DemocracyDocket #Elections

Please #FIGHTBACK !!! STOP THEM!!

Your country affects your citizens but it also affecrs the rest of us! 🌍

"#FBI employees found it ironic that #Patel thanked some of the bureau’s support staff,,, since Patel has overseen moves to decimate those ranks....Patel lashed out at agents during an intense and expletive-ridden virtual video meeting Thursday afternoon with FBI teams across the country, ...The episode was first reported by the New York Times.
"Patel accused agents of not giving him information fast enough" CNN yahoo.com/news/articles/unacce
#USPolitics #TrumpRegime #ICE

Yahoo News · ‘It’s unacceptable’: Inside growing concerns about Patel’s FBI leadershipBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN

"South Korea is...the country’s sixth largest trading partner....& agreed to invest $350 billion in the U.S. to help revitalize the country’s manufacturing sector....It wasn’t even so much that the South Korean workers were detained—it was how they were detained. ICE officials released videos of the workers with shackles on their arms and feet...These were workers with visas ...but the #ICE videos made it appear that they were nothing more than common criminals" MSNBC msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

MSNBC · How Trump's Hyundai ICE raid enraged South Koreans across the political spectrumBy Michael A. Cohen

Maybe More A-List Artists Should Approach Touring Like Puerto Rico’s megastar Bad Bunny - worry about #ICE coming for your fans.

“The tour will continue in November and include stops in Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

Markedly missing from the lineup, however, is the United States.

That decision, #BadBunny said, wasn’t out of pettiness, but protection.”

jezebel.com/maybe-more-a-list-

JezebelMaybe More A-List Artists Should Approach Touring Like Bad Bunny, Actually"There was the issue that…ICE could be outside (my concert venue)," Bad Bunny told i-D. "And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”