(13 Jun 2025)
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Chicago, Illinois – 12 June 2025
1. Mid of protesters holding signs and chanting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Veronica Castro, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights:
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“Today, we are here to say, ICE out of Chicago, ICE out of Illinois, ICE out of everywhere!”
3. Wide of protesters in Chicago holding signs and chanting
4. Mid of a protester, Aaliyah Velasco, holding a sign reading (English): "My Husband Works Harder Than the President" at the Chicago immigration protest
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaliyah Velasco, Chicago resident:
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“My husband came here illegally when he was 14, and he has his residency, but even with all of this going on, it makes it so hard for people to feel like they can live normally. He doesn’t feel like he can go to certain places, and it impacts us, so I’m here fighting for him when he can’t, when he doesn’t think he can.”
6. Mid of protestors holding signs, marching, and chanting
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hankyeol Song, HANA Center:
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“As Asian Americans, we are here in solidarity with all immigrants, and we denounce rhetoric that aims to divide us. We also are directly impacted by these fascist attacks.”
8. Wide of protesters holding signs, marching, and chanting on Michigan Avenue
9. Wide of protesters holding signs, marching, and chanting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Reiter, Chicago Federation of Labor:
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“This is a city of immigrants that’s been built by immigrants. And what we need to do now is show them how much we support and that that love is strong, are you with me?”
11. Wide of protesters marching and chanting
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people calling for immigrant rights amid the Trump administration’s aggressive arrests marched Thursday down Chicago’s iconic Michigan Avenue.
The crowd, including parents with strollers, students and longtime organizers chanted, “Power to the people, no one is illegal.”
Aaliyah Velasco, 20, who is married to an immigrant and has a daughter, held a sign that read, “My husband works harder than the president.”
“My husband came here illegally when he was 14,” she said. “He has his residency, but even with that, it’s hard for people to feel like they can live normally.”
The group was flanked by their own security marshals and Chicago police officers on bicycles and in slow-moving patrol cars.
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