From the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

For at least the past two months, the Broadview ICE Staging Facility has been used as a de facto immigration detention center. The Broadview ICE Staging Facility is meant to hold detained immigrants for up to twelve hours. In the past two months, there have been reported and confirmed cases of detainees held in the facility for far longer, some for more than a week. 

The facility was not designed to house detainees for even a night; it does not have beds or showers. ICE detention standards require three hot meals a day to be provided to detainees; at Broadview, detainees report receiving one meal.

Urge States Attorney Eileen Burke and Attorney General Kwame Raoul to close the Broadview Ice Facility.  Use the CAARPR Immigrant Working Rights Committee’s easy online form. 

From national Indivisible

Date: Wednesdays, July 30 and August 13, 2025
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Eastern time)
Location: Virtual, join from anywhere
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Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just on single days of mass action, but through sustained organizing in our communities.

That’s why this summer, national Indivisible is launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join in—and lead. Sign up to get trained.

Session 1 (last week): The Moment & Your Mission - held last week: Get oriented to making meaning of this moment and the role you can play in coordinated strategic action. MISSED IT? Watch here. (Note: The recording begins a little after the actual session began.)
Session 2: How to Make it Happen - Wednesday, July 30: This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You'll host your first community resistance gathering after this session.
Session 3: What Now? - Wednesday, August 13 You'll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward.
Each session runs from 7:00-8:30 pm, CT.

Seven Illinois US Representatives co-sponsored a bill that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks. It also imposes standards for Department of Homeland Security agents to identify themselves and wear visible uniforms or insignias identifying themselves as members of the department.

The proposal, known as the No Secret Police Act of 2025, would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the law that outlines the Department of Homeland Security’s functions and authorities.

 Is your US Representative on this list?

·        Jesus “Chuy” Garcia

·        Delia Ramirez

·        Jonathan Jackson

·        Danny Davis

·        Sean Casten

·        Raja Krishnamoorthi

·        Janice Schakowsky

If not, give your rep a call/email and urge them to sponsor this bill.  Find your rep here.

Take a moment to feel sad and angry.

Then, pull yourself together and get ready to fight back. You are not alone!

• Find like-minded friends and neighbors at the next Indivisible Lincoln Square Meet and Greet.  Join us on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Oakwood Bar & Grill, 1959 W Montrose.  RSVP here.

• Find more like-minded friends at the family friendly Chalk the Walk: Independence park on Saturday, July 15, 2025 from 9:30-11:30 am. 

• Write postcards by yourself if you are an introvert or with friends if you are an extrovert.  Email pat@indivisiblechicago.com for details.  While the postcards are FREE, you will be responsible for postage and mailing the cards on the appropriate date. 

• Plan to attend the next mass mobilization on July 17 withGood Trouble Lives On. Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.

• Get your creative juices flowing for the protest sign-making party on Tuesday, July 15, just in time for the Good Trouble Lives On protest.  Email us at ilsmembers24@gmail if interested. If there is enough interest, more parties will be organized. 

Throughout the lead-up to No Kings Day, you’ve heard reference to 3.5% rule -- the observation by social scientists that few authoritarian governments have withstood 3.5% of their population mobilizing against them.  The 3.5% is a historically important target -- but not a magic number. 

Erica Chenoweth -- the scholar who developed the rule -- agrees, and in fact has written: “Other factors -- momentum, organization, strategic leadership, and sustainability -- are likely as important as large-scale participation.”

Pod Save America interviewed Professor Chenoweth about her findings on their June 15, 2025 podcast.  This in-depth interview starts at minute 4:50.

When you order something on Amazon, you shouldn't have to order handfuls of single-use plastic along with it. 

Amazon makes millions of deliveries every single day. And all too often, those items are delivered in plastic bags and envelopes, which immediately go straight into the trash.

 From your trash can, there's no telling where those flimsy sheets of plastic will go -- or how long they'll linger in our environment, polluting our planet for years after they've served their purpose.

 Take action: Before Amazon's shareholder meeting on May 21, send your message saying it's time to ditch plastic packaging.

On Saturday, June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington.  

As Trump throws himself a $100-million military parade in Washington, DC., we’re going to be rising up with protests all across the country.

Indivisible Chicago Alliance is the main organizer for Chicago.  For updates from Indivisible national, follow NoKings.org.

Public media is a trusted source of local news, emergency alerts, and educational programming — and it only costs taxpayers about $1.60 per person each year. But now it’s under attack. The White House has proposed eliminating federal funding for public media, issued an Executive Order to block support for PBS and NPR, and is trying to claw back funding that Congress already approved.
 
Defunding or restricting funds for public media wouldn’t just disrupt these services — it could force stations to shut down entirely, especially in rural and underserved areas, leaving millions of Americans without access to these essential resources.

DICK DURBIN
Chicago: (312) 353-4952
Springfield: (217) 492-4062
DC: (202) 224 -2152

TAMMY DUCKWORTH
Chicago: (312) 886-3506
Springfield: (217) 528-6124
DC: (202) 224-2854

We need every Senate Democrat to vote no on a crypto bill that would enable Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign governments. We can block S.394 if Democrats unite in opposition, but they’re not there yet, so make sure your senators hear from you ASAP.

• DICK DURBIN
  Chicago: (312) 353-4952
  Springfield: (217) 492-4062
  DC: (202) 224 -2152

• TAMMY DUCKWORTH
  Chicago: (312) 886-3506
  Springfield: (217) 528-6124
  DC:  (202) 224-2854

Okay, we’re going to talk about cryptocurrency. We promise, we won’t get too in the weeds here—

On Saturday, June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington.  

As Trump throws himself a $100-million military parade in Washington, DC., we’re going to be rising up with protests all across the country.

Indivisible Chicago Alliance is the main organizer for Chicago.  For updates from Indivisible national, follow NoKings.org.

and many more joined in spirit.

United in fierce opposition to the Trump agenda, over 100 wide-ranging organizations organized or endorsed the event, including citywide Indivisible Chicago and local chapters. Chief organizers were the Consejo de Resistencia en Defensa del Inmigrante and the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA).

 Read more about the rally in the Sun-Times, Block Club Chicago, and WBEZ. 

Join Indivisible Lincoln Square as we knock doors as part of the 40th Ward Civics Research Project.

 For local Chicago elected officials, the decisive election is the Primary Election, not the General Election.  But, Primary Elections often see lower voter participation compared to General Elections. This research project aims to uncover why this happens and how we can mobilize our community members to make their voices count in every election cycle.

 The first canvass is Saturday, May 4, 2025 and more cavasses will be scheduled.

 Learn more➜