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Documents Reveal Real Reason for Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
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The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”

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Feb 4 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Feb 4
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"[N]ew documents confirm in the government’s own words that what prompted the raid was more pedestrian [than Tren de Aragua]: allegations that immigrants were squatting in the complex. And the landlord had given federal officials, who were already targeting immigrants in Chicago, the blessing to search the building.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”

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Show thread-rbFeb 7
@ProPublica I wonder if the broke landlord got a kickback from ice in exchange for the “tip”.
Show threadHak Foo Feb 8
@dashrb @ProPublica or maybe it was a way to for the parasite to dislodge the squatters without having to make it a priority for local law enforcement or an image-damaging public cause.
Show threadCM ThiedeFeb 8
@dashrb @ProPublica Certainly got free muscle to enforce rules the landlord wasn't capable of enforcing on their own without looking mean.
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 9

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#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Republicans use ICE goons to settle landlord-tenant disputes.

Landlord doesn't have to maintain their rental properties. Can threaten ICE detention if tenants appeal rent increases."

Show threadlin11cFeb 9
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Utterly dastardly!! In Chicago I believe that building that was attacked by ICE SWAT was reported by the landlord so that he could clear it out. I wonder if a lawsuit was ever filed? Very sus.
Show threadcalico gemFeb 9
@ProPublica it’s interesting that this is the gang used to justify. in portland 2 people got shot in their car by ice with the assumption they were also part of this same gang….