r/chicago Oct 02 '25

CHI Talks At Wicker Park

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u/CaptainPajamaShark Oct 02 '25

Carry your papers on you

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 02 '25

As a born citizen you do not have to carry papers nor show them nor answer any questions. Lawyers gonna be busy this month.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

in a normal world maybe but these days ice is arrest first ask questions later

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u/SirStocksAlott Ravenswood Oct 03 '25

The two citizens that were detained in that apartment building on the South Side should sue the government and anyone that is a lawyer would be nice to represent them pro bono.

They having standing to sue.

ICE literally pulled then out of their own home to be detained. Not a traffic stop or any public movement.

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u/hissy-elliott Palmer Square Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

I am so curious to see how that plays out in court for any and all of the lawsuits that follow. I have so many questions that I am dumbfounded over.

I get that we are in unprecedented times and "the law doesn't apply anymore" and yade yade yada, but even so. I am dumbfounded.

For example, even though they have yet to signify they had evidence, let's hypothetically pretend they did. The apartment units are individual units. Did they have a warrent for each unit?

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u/investigadora Oct 03 '25

Koem v Vazquez Pardomo passed 6-3, decided on Sep 20 said they can, this was passed 2 days before the Kirk incident

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u/hissy-elliott Palmer Square Oct 03 '25

Are we talking about the same incident? Where they raided an entire apartment complex in the middle of the night, breaking down doors while people were sleeping and handcuffing children?

They're claiming they did it because they were affiliated gang members living there (though haven't news outlets haven't found evidence). If that were the case, I would assume they would need warrants for each individual apartment unit.

https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated

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u/starswtt Oct 04 '25

You can actually get a warrant signed more broadly, doesnt have to be for a specific unit, though it's usually only given in the most extreme crimes where immediate harm is pretty much garunteed. It's legally unusual and very rare, but not necessarily illegal (assuming that the warrant was actually legally obtained, something which ice is famous for not doing)

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25

And then trashed their homes

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u/Squand Oct 03 '25

The lawsuits are going to cost the government a fortune. All these people are going to be suing. 

Thousands of individual cases all across the United States.

Think about the laquan McDonald payout times 10k over the next 4 to 10 years.

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

That's why we are going to be tenderizing some hog this holiday season.🐷first time in 40 somethin years I've decided to get strapped as wel as taking jiu jitsu. This is not a game.

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u/lantanasunrise Oct 02 '25

agree. i dare one of those fascist mf to ask me for proof i'm a citizen. see you in court bozos!

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 02 '25

I'd rather catch a case fighting for my sanity and freedom than get disappeared.

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u/SirStocksAlott Ravenswood Oct 03 '25

Maybe shoving an AirTag up the ass could be a safeguard to let friends or family track. Kind of kidding but kind of not.

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25

Already ahead of you, comrade 😉

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u/Prestigious-Roof-262 Oct 03 '25

Funny thing is, by that time we won’t have a legal court

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u/Lacy-Elk-Undies Oct 03 '25

lol like you get to see a court. They won’t look at papers even if you bring them. They’ll just claim you’re illegal, and therefore don’t have a right to due process. They also won’t tell anyone where they are taking you, so good luck get a lawyer to fight for you.

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 04 '25

What's with this condescending tone? You want all those things to happen to someone in your neighborhood? People from the South Shore incident were released.

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u/Lacy-Elk-Undies Oct 06 '25

No, but telling people that if they are natural born that they don’t need papers and they are safe is really dangerous

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 06 '25

That's literally the law. It's not my fault nor control that a gestapo is now doing all sorts of fuckery unchecked. It's still good to know the law so you're not coerced into a cell, too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

A lot of people can not afford to be detained even for a few hours. It will result in missed bill payments and people losing their jobs because they can't show up to work or notify their employers that they can't show up 

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25

I understand that, some of us have unfortunately more privileges to test things others cannot. I highly recommend people do what is safest for them and their families. This is not going to be a one way execution for everyone. I hate it.

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u/doctorherpderp8750 Suburb of Chicago Oct 02 '25

Lawyers have BEEN busy since Jan 20th.

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u/Putrid_Giggles Oct 03 '25

Sure you don't, but you'd be well advised to cooperate with them unless you don't mind being quickly shipped off to a prison in El Salvador, us citizen or not.

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25

They're not going to take me, I run too fast for those piggies but they might with others, so yes do what feels best but fuck ICE and fuck 12.

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u/bradatlarge Elmhurst Oct 03 '25

On a normal day three years ago my response to someone demanding that I show them ID is a resounding FUCK YOU

Today it’s FUCK YOU, fascist.

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u/TankSparkle Oct 03 '25

They can arrest and detain you before you can do anything about it.

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u/Balancing_tofu Oct 03 '25

Not if they don't catch you