'Agents have created a war zone in our community': Trump blitz upends life in Chicago

[Jilly_in_VA]

Ivy-covered walls. Forty thousand people singing in the middle of the seventh inning. The hope of raising a white flag with a symbolic "W."

Gametime at Wrigley Field on Oct. 8, a National League Division Series matchup between the Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers, carried on as if things were normal in Chicago. And the Cubs' hopes for another trip to the World Series stayed alive with a 4-3 victory.

But away from the Friendly Confines, residents say something never seen before is underway.

"Our communities are being terrorized by agents who are kidnapping people," said Corina Pedraza, a longtime South Sider. "People are living in fear of going out to get groceries, dropping their kids off at school. People are strategizing how to get three or five blocks to work."

The White House says the crackdown is aimed at catching "the worst of the worst" criminal immigrants. Local officials say it’s a power grab. Residents feeling the brunt of the crackdown say immigration agents are making life untenable.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/09/baseball-ice-terror-trumps-chicago-blitz/86585872007/?tbref=hp

If there's a "war zone" anywhere, it's because Shitler's bullies are starting the war.

[Auggie]

1. I'm surprised there hasn't yet been a San Francisco or Oakland blitz

Waiting until closer to the special election?

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. He's trying to start one in Memphis

but he has to tread carefully. There's a red governor in that state. Notice that he also hasn't sent troops to Cleveland. Or anywhere in the south except Memphis, although crime rates are higher there. Mustn't anger our red state allies!