Welcome to September, quotes readers! It was another busy news week, so let’s get right into it.
As President Donald Trump launches a federal immigration crackdown in Chicago that is expected to last about 45 days, protests have already begun at an immigration processing facility in Broadview. Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling says he has no information about federal immigration enforcement efforts in the city, but other local officials and organizations are taking precautions to protect Chicagoans. The organizers of El Grito Chicago postponed this weekend’s Mexican Independence Day festival and Chicago Public Schools officials reiterated the district’s pledge to not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson an