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Washington Post reporter credits Chicago with blocking 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 reporter Gillian Brockell says Chicago activists delivered a better outcome than she imagined in her January reporting on a private equity firm profiting from ICE deportation flights. She credits the city's resistance with protecting thousands of immigrants from removal. The post has circulated widely among journalists and activists following US immigration coverage.

Why now: Her January reporting on private equity profiting from ICE flights has apparently received a significant follow-up involving Chicago's resistance.

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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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