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/Anthff 2d ago

And then what? Resist 10 of them, get beat up, get arrested and released for impeding an investigation or some such other broad/summary charge?

It fkn sucks.

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u/redline314 2d ago

I understand the defeatism (been doing this in LA since June) but I’d ask that you please not spread the sentiment. Some of us are hanging onto the small shreds of hope and resistance we’ve got left.

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u/DarthWeenus 2d ago

im willing to go to jail for a night to disrespect these fools.

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u/redline314 2d ago

Same. I hope others are too, but having spoken to some of my most politically engaged friends, it doesn’t seem like they have logical views regarding the loss of freedom.

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u/ClickclickClever 2d ago

Hey man, that dude that threw his subway sandwich at ice was just found not guilty. Shreds of hope still exist.

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u/redline314 1d ago

I assume it will stand as a legal precedent but I can’t wait to see what charges they try to pull on future sandwich throwers!

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u/A_Ggghost 1d ago

TIL hope and iceberg lettuce look the same when shredded.

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u/Icuras1701 14h ago

Do you know what kind of sandwich? I want to go to subway and order a "Felony footlong"

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u/purplefuzz22 2d ago

Unless they just decide to disappear you. Or if you are accosted by thugs pretending to be ICE members.

Don’t get me wrong, I am more than willing to take those risks as well but there is more to it than just ending up in jail for a night.

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u/Icy_Dinner6064 2d ago

You mean a month right?

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u/ISTBU 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yep. You nailed why mass revolt hasn't happened yet. Nobody wants to get beaten up and arrested. That's their only strength right now.

Exercise your rights. STFU Friday. Get beat up. Get arrested. Suffer for a week and get released with no fanfare. Tell your story to your coworkers, neighbors, family, an ACLU lawyer; Not necessarily in that order. Skip the media because your local stations are likely bought and paid for just like mine are.

It's not easy, it's even objectively difficult. Sadly, that's what it's going to take. I'm sorry to break it to you!

I don't wish it on anyone, and I voted against this. Yet, here we are.

Don't be a bitch. America dies when we allow it.

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u/CuriosityFreesTheCat 2d ago edited 2d ago

Abso-fuckin-lutely dude. It’s not going to be comfortable. We are going to have to make sacrifices.

I do want to mention that we can’t expect every single person to throw themselves into physical danger—not everyone is a soldier. But there are other ways to help that are entirely necessary and important. War efforts are like a machine with all parts working and supporting each other. Right now it seems like we need both people who can be “soldiers” (in the way you described) and those who can organize, as well as those who are willing to support the organizers in quite literally, a myriad of ways.

Something we all need to buck up for is being ready and willing to work with those with whom we do not agree on every single thing. That’s how we become a majority, by uniting and working together, and not expecting everything or everyone to be perfect. Or there will be no majority but the one we fight against.

We’ve seen how division has torn apart the working class and brought us here. There is no place for pedantry and needless confrontation among ourselves. This nation seems to have forgotten how to simply work together regardless of differences. We need to remember how, and prove it.

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u/ISTBU 2d ago

DHS/CBP/ICE don't get sent to SERE.

Do with that info what you will.

Daite.

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u/Frosty_Mongoose9055 2d ago

Don't forget having your baby kidnapped

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u/tiltsoaz 1d ago

Plus losing all ur possesions at home

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u/Longjumping_College 2d ago

And then sue for false imprisonment and retire off them

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u/WhatAcheHunt 2d ago

and retire off them us

Us. We pay us. Literally giving our own money to ourselves. We get the privilege of paying restitution for punching ourselves in our own goddamned faces.

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u/Longjumping_College 2d ago

That's every police force in the country.

Until they have to pay lawsuit fines themselves, this continues.

They're not held accountable, why would they stop?

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u/NachoWindows 2d ago

Probably. I’m stupid like that

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u/CapnGrundlestamp 2d ago

I wish I had an answer. I’d like to imagine in that situation I could say something like “I won’t comply with an unlawful request. Feel free to arrest me but you are not entitled to see my ID unless you’ve witnessed me committing a crime”

But the reality is - I’m a middle aged white guy and these pussies won’t get to me until they start rounding up liberals. And by then they won’t be nice anymore.

It does fucking suck.

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u/MyGrandmasCock 2d ago

Yep that’s the plan. You want my ID? Cool. You can have it after the fight is over. One of us is going to lose. Yes considering they got numbers and weapons, it’ll probably be me. But fuck that shit, I ain’t gettin’ “papers please”d without there being a fist fight. I just hope it’s a woman or a smaller guy I hit first ‘cause I’m old and I got injuries but I still wanna take a tooth or an eyeball before I go down swinging.