Crafting for Evan Cordes-Stone and his daughter, Evie, looks different these days.

The two have been spending afternoons in their Chicago apartment assembling whistles for neighbors to use if they see federal agents carrying out detainment operations.

"I'm a fan of very simple solutions," Cordes-Stone said on Monday while putting together a batch of 600 whistles. "This seemed like a very simple, efficient way to keep the community safe if ICE came in."

Across the Chicago area, whistles have become a symbol — and sound — of resistance to the Trump administration's efforts to deport undocumented migrants.

"If you see an ICE agent, just observe them in the area, it's (three short whistles)," Cordes-Smith demonstrated. "If you see an ICE agent actively abducting someone or actively being a

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