(CHICAGO, IL, 10/9/25) – The Chicago United Families Coalition (CUFC) — comprised of legal, communications, organizing, and political advocates — will hold an emergency press conference on Thursday, October 9th at 11:00 AM, to respond to increasingly aggressive, fascist, and militaristic ICE/DHS tactics across Chicago and suburbs.
WHAT: Emergency Press Conference Responding to DHS Deployment & ICE Violence in Chicago
WHEN: Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 11:00 AM (CT)
WHERE: Azima Center, 17 N State St, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60602
LIVESTREAM: www.facebook.com/cairchicago
WHO:
Chicago United Families Coalition (CUFC)
Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward)
Robin Potter, Esq.
Imam Tariq El-Amin (Masijd Al Taqwa)
Pastor Emma Lozano (Centro Sin Fronteras/Lincoln United Methodist Church)
Pilsen Defense & Access
Federal overreach in Chicago has intensified. The Trump administration, with cooperation from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, has deployed Texas National Guard troops to Illinois (Elwood, near Chicago) to support ICE and DHS operations — despite vocal opposition from Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, both of whom Trump has publicly threatened with jail for resisting these enforcement actions.
This follows a surge in reports of armed federal agents patrolling and terrorizing immigrant neighborhoods with chemical agents, South Shore apartment raids, violent detentions at Broadview Detention Center, racial profiling, kidnappings, family separation, and more abuses throughout the city. CUFC and partners are calling for accountability, transparency, and an end to militarized operations targeting families in Chicago.
CUFC’s mission is mission is to extend our basic belief in the universal right of every human being to dignity, fairness, due process, and neighborly assistance to the most vulnerable families in our cities, including undocumented folks.
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CONTACT: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, CAIR-Chicago, 202-870-0166, arehab@cair.com | Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, ward25@cityofchicago.org | Robin Potter, robin@potterlaw.org | Hafsa Haider, Communications Director, CAIR-Chicago, 561-317-7509, hhaider@cair.com