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Reporter credits Chicago activists for thwarting ICE deportation flights

Original: Gillian Brockell on Bluesky: "This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off

Washington Post journalist Gillian Brockell says Chicago delivered a better epilogue than she could have hoped to her January report on a private equity firm profiting from ICE's deportation flights, crediting local efforts with protecting thousands of immigrants from removal.

Why now: Ongoing public debate over ICE enforcement and private contractors profiting from deportation flights, with Chicago's resistance cited as a successful example.

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• Gillian Brockell on Bluesky: "This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from… · azteclady@kind.social · 3

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