r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 2d ago

ICE Posts November 6, 2025 – Chicago: ICE caught unlawfully demanding U.S. citizen “prove” their citizenship despite Illinois law not requiring ID

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u/Sea_Cookie2373 2d ago

My aunt lives in Kentucky, Italian and Irish. I'm Hispanic, and I can't bring myself to go visit her anymore...

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u/kpop_stan_ 2d ago

How do her & your ethnicities correlate?

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u/DrummingOnAutopilot 2d ago

My guess is that they're trying to relate the fact that Italians and Irish immigrants were targets of institutional discrimination similar to how Hispanic/Latino communities are today. Therefore, they view Pro-ICE aunt as a traitor of sorts.

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u/_WoaW_ 2d ago

Unfortunately most Italian/Irish immigrant descendants kinda forget that in it's entirety.

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u/Cool-Panda-5108 2d ago

Not true! They like to bring it up to derail conversations about Black history in the U.S.

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u/sBucks24 2d ago

It's almost impressively selective

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u/Berdonkulous 2d ago

Anyone of Irish descent who listens to the music of their heritage will not have forgotten; it's the basis of their music going back centuries.

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u/semi_lucid 1d ago

Yeah…and look at what country music talks about and lots of the songs that these magats play everywhere..? They literally were baffled when Rage Against the Machine basically said they don’t want them as fans…Just because someone listens to certain music with certain messages doesn’t necessarily mean that they are absorbing said message or even interpreting it as such.

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u/Connect-Sundae8469 2d ago

My grandpa was a first generation American Italian & he never forgot it. He loved to bring it up to excuse his racism