Feds target unhoused Chicagoans
Federal agents outside the ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois.Credit: Paul Goyette/Flickr via CC BY 4.0
Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That number is likely higher, but the social invisibility and isolation already faced by people experiencing homelessness make their disappearances harder to track.
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“While we have heard several reports that we are working to verify, we don’t have an exhaustive list or count of all incidents involving people experiencing homelessness.”
Melissa Weststaff attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow with the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
