Chicago aldermen have traditionally measured success by potholes filled, block party bounce houses delivered, votes counted.

But with President Donald Trump’s deportation blitz in full swing, some are adding once unimaginable duties: getting tear-gassed and handcuffed , organizing legions of volunteers, leading local patrols and standing guard near elementary schools.

It’s an effort that has played out outside detention centers and playgrounds, in ward offices, packed auditoriums and in front of news cameras. It has been especially pronounced among the City Council’s progressive Latino members, several of whom hail from grassroots activist backgrounds or represent communities catching the brunt of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent efforts .

“We’ll do everything in our

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