Hundreds March to Chicago Trump Tower After 2 ICE Killings as Traffic-Stop Raids Stoke Fear
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Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 25
Hundreds March to Chicago Trump Tower After 2 ICE Killings as Traffic-Stop Raids Stoke Fear
3 articles · Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 25
Summary
Hundreds of protesters marched from Grant Park to Trump Tower on Saturday, turning a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and 25-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero into a downtown rebuke of Trump-era immigration enforcement.
The rally was driven by two recent fatal shootings during separate immigration traffic stops, even after DHS last week ordered a pause on most vehicle stops amid renewed internal debate over the tactic.
Organizers said fear remains high because raids continue; DHS confirmed a July 14 arrest in Chicago, while advocates say agents are increasingly targeting people traveling to and from Illinois courthouses.
11 people have been fatally shot by ICE or Border Patrol agents since Trump's second term began, according to public reports, and more than 50 others have died in ICE custody, the National Immigrant Justice Center says.
Chicago protesters tied the latest deaths to lasting trauma from last year's Operation Midway Blitz, saying immigrant families still fear going to work, camps and summer school.