On the first floor of the Cook County Administration Building in the Loop, a colorful altar with portraits and painted skulls lines the hallway, a Mexican tradition known as the Day of the Dead, commemorating deceased loved ones before Halloween.

Four floors up, community members and congressmen sounded the alarm over the Trump administration’s attack on Chicago’s immigrant community during a “shadow” congressional hearing today.

A series of shadow hearings, which are unofficial public meetings, have been led by U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and other congressional Democrats, titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s assault on Chicago,” as a platform to voice concern over the Trump administration’s “unlawful and aggressive” immigration enforcement in Chicago.

Nineteen members of Congress

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