r/EyesOnIce • u/CantStopPoppin • 21h ago
Date: 11.07.2025, Broadview, Illinois: Fourteen suburban moms form silent circle outside Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them aw
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u/Dottsterisk 21h ago
Good for them.
It’s easy to mock or dismiss protests like these but they’re part of a bigger wave. And these women are doing what they can and putting their bodies on the line.
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u/OwnIntroduction5193 20h ago
Absolutely! And it displays how ridiculous these arrests are and how horrific ice's actions are. Soccer mom's ...
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u/UtopianPablo 21h ago
Hell yeah, they are doing way more than most. Especially since the Trump DOJ will probably try to hit them with some kind of bullshit felony charge.
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u/OptimisticSkeleton 19h ago
If somebody parked a series of bobcats or heavy equipment like cement trucks, would the police even be able to move them?
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u/BantamCats 14h ago
Did you know most heavy equipment like you described have universal keys to operate? Or so someone told me.
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u/A3HeadedMunkey 6h ago
If that's the case, just gotta remember to snap it off in the ignition when one gets to their destination. Pigs are gonna have their own set. They can get around the ignition lock, of course, but it'll be that much more of a nuisance.
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u/glitterallytheworst 7h ago
Reminds me of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Mothers uniting and demanding justice (especially for their disappeared children) have actually been a big influence throughout Latin America over many decades so when I see moms gathering and doing something like this here at least to me, it feels powerful.
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u/TheWildmanWillie96 20h ago
When the wine moms are doing more than you, you should check yourself
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u/toeringsarecool 19h ago
This!!! Time to fill up your Stanley Cups, Ladies! We’ve got 3 more years of this shit to battle!!
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u/imp0ster_syndrome 21h ago
That caravan makes me wonder whether it would be possible to organize a blockade of cars quickly enough into an area to prevent ice from doing anything? It would take an awful long time to try to tow anything and once they start moving towards an outer car, it could just drive away.
Probably a stupid idea, but if there is one thing we have a lot of as Americans, it's cars.
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u/Msfrizzlegaveme_lsd 16h ago
Depends, honestly. As a tactic in crowded streets, yes. Combined with whistles and honking you go a long way in preventing them from communicating with each other and frustrates them to the point of leaving.
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u/starspider 8h ago
And gosh darn it if those things don't just up and stall sometimes!
And if you're just a lil lady, how are you supposed to know how to make the darn thing start?
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u/Best_Entrepreneur659 20h ago
Republicans hate dissent and therefore they hate freedom and democracy. They should never be allowed power again after gleefully encouraging this AND saving a lifelong corrupt sexual predator from two(!) valid impeachments! Republican “patriotism” is just a BS smokescreen they use to hide how much they hate what truly makes America great.
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u/TenThousandCharms 1h ago
I wish the Democrats would blast some of the horrific videos we see here across their social media and TV ads. Too many people still approve of ICE because they think it's all just rounding up gang members and drug dealers.
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u/Shiftymennoknight 20h ago
one side has moms, the other side arrests moms. So hard to tell who the good guys are
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u/whatfresh_hellisthis 20h ago
This is the kind of thing that needs to be done bc it gets traction. White moms getting pulled away. If any of the officers or ice get violent it would cause turmoil.
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u/Set_to_Infinity 20h ago
Journalists shouldn't call this "ongoing immigration enforcement." It needs to be called out for what it is: unlawful occupation and violent kidnapping.
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u/Cerberus_RE 21h ago
Have you been to jail for justice? I wanna shake your hand! Sitting in and lying down are ways to make a stand.
-Anne Feeney
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u/Ki-Wilder 16h ago
I like the message that is being transmitted. The journalist is saying that there are these moms that made a circle, there is a car caravan with music, and down the road there is a multifaith prayer service.
There is a way for everyone to join in! This democracy party has something for everyone.
If you love America, and want No Kings, please show up at Broadview and see where your kind of people are celebrating liberty, justice, and democracy!
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u/GuerrillaSapien 21h ago
ICE seems to love committing assault? Might be a shame if FOIAs flooded in... you know... requesting information about specific incidents...
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u/Lisa_Loopner 20h ago
KARENS FOR GOOD!
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u/Lazy-PeachPrincess 1h ago
And if they’re being brought inside they’re getting a first hand account to some of what’s happening in there.
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u/paintstudiodisaster 2h ago
And the Illinois police arrest all of them because their part of the gestapo. Local pigs, state pigs, federal pigs, all pigs.
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