Overview
- At a packed Thalia Hall listening session, nearly two dozen speakers criticized Chicago police interactions with ICE and Border Patrol during recent enforcement actions.
- Testimony alleged illegal coordination, including a CPD stop of a rapid responder after agents called 911 and police presence at scenes in Brighton Park and the East Side where chemical agents were used, while CPD has maintained it did not violate the ordinance.
- Community demands included arresting agents who break local laws, suspending Chicago officers who cooperate with federal operations, ending collaboration with ICE, and requiring CPD leadership to appear at CCPSA meetings.
- The commission convened the session under a city rule triggered by at least 2,000 signatures, and several alderpersons faulted the body for delays in holding a substantive hearing.
- Organizers led a “March on CPD & ICE” after the meeting, referencing wider concerns as the FBI investigates a separate federal-agent killing in Minneapolis.