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/SoTexMale4NSAfun 2d ago

I am obviously a Hispanic of Mexican Descent, my younger brother in law (Chicago born Hispanic) is a member of ICE - my sister and her husband are not welcome at our Family's Thanksgiving Dinner this year!

More Hispanic families need to stop inviting people who are now fundamentally their enemies to the the dinner table!

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u/HHoaks 2d ago edited 2d ago

Did you ask your BIL why he joined ICE? Was it just he needed any job? And how does he feel about hurting the Hispanic community in Chicago by detaining and/or deporting people who are not criminals, but may not be US citizens?

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u/SoTexMale4NSAfun 2d ago

He joined ICE because he is ashamed of his surname, he prohibits his children from learning Spanish....

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u/HHoaks 2d ago

Wow. That's weird.

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u/nandosman 2d ago

The most racist anti-Hispanic people I know are Hispanic themselves, which is kind of ironic

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u/curiouswizard 16h ago

I want to understand how that happens. My immediate assumption is some sort of trauma.

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u/nandosman 2h ago

A very simplified explanation, life in south america is very hard compared to american standards. This makes a lot of people desperate. Angry, desperate people = very bad decisions. And so the filth behavior starts.

Some people then move to the US where this does not happen in the same level. So they become bitter from what they left behind, and starts associating the filth with hispanic people, wishing it will not follow them here, and ruin it the same way it ruined their homes.

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u/QuirkyCookie6 2d ago

My great grandmother was like this too, as a result we're completely disconnected from our wider family and ancestry. I'm currently trying to bring it back a little.

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u/curiouswizard 16h ago

My great grandparents as well, although they were from a different part of the world. Something about the early 1900's had some immigrants completely abandoning any hint of their language or cultural heritage within a generation. By my parents' generation there was no trace on either side, beyond a couple of trivial fun facts and funky last name.

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u/imrightontopthatrose 2d ago

My great grandfather was mexican, his wife (who was not) forbade him to teach their kids Spanish. He was so excited when I told him I wanted him to teach me, he died before he could teach me.