Anabel Mendoza on Chicagoans Fighting Back Against Trump

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Ben Meiselas 1:15
You know, while Donald Trump continues to try to unleash hell and terrorize people across the country, and we've seen that, of course, on display in Chicago, for example, to see the people uniting peacefully to push back, I don't think it's something this Trump regime ever expected. I mean, we've seen the horrible issues, the horrible events. videos like this one right here of uh ice like just literally barreling into people on the street in their cars then like the militarized ice and border patrol agents coming out with their military grade weapons and pointing it up like you've seen these images here like play this
That's a hit and run! Hit and run! Hit and run! That's a hit and run! Hit and run! Hit and run! Hey, watch out with that weapon! That weapon!
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Yo, watch out! What's wrong with you? You hit it! You hit her! Yo, yo! You hit her! You guys hit her! You guys hit her! What's wrong with y'all? And we've seen that was in Chicago, by the way.
Ben Meiselas 2:42
Also in Chicago, for example, we've seen ICE terrorize daycare workers and daycare centers while the children are in there. They show up with their weapons. They point them at kids. They rip people apart. Here, just play this clip.
And then I saw the teacher being dragged out and into the car. So immediately, obviously, I knew it must have been ice. This lady, one of the many parents trying to drop off a child this morning at the Reito de Sol daycare along Addison, met instead with the sound of screaming. As a young teacher was dragged out of the building by armed, camo-clad and masked men. They went into the daycare with our kids there. Like, it's just... I am at a loss for words for the, again, audacity. As those watching realized what was happening, the phones flipped on. I was just thinking what to do. I know the first thing that I've heard, everyone's told me to record and report it. I've told a lot of my friends to share it on social media, on the videos, just to let everyone know as soon as possible.
Some arguing with agents as they got back into their Texas-registered vehicle and drove off.
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It's just absolute terror. Why are you at a daycare at 7 in the morning? This isn't right. This isn't American. This isn't who we are.
Ben Meiselas 4:00
I'm sure you've seen the images at the Broadview Detention Center, which is basically a concentration camp, right, in the Chicago area, where No one really knows what's even happening in there and the horrific conditions that when people are snatched, they're thrown there. There have been peaceful protests out there. I'm sure you've seen the images of the ICE and Border Patrol agents on the roof, sniper-style shooting down at the peaceful protesters, the reporters, the priests who are there with non-lethal rounds, but very, very, very damaging. Here, play this clip.
Ben Meiselas 4:47
Now I can show you, I mean, literally tens of thousands of videos and images of what they were doing in Chicago. And we're seeing that rolled out, of course, across the country, whether it's in Charlotte or Portland or Los Angeles, you name it, we've seen this. these tactics used, and it's been horrific. But the people are uniting, and that's what I want to spend this video talking about. And someone who's been involved deeply in the immigrant rights movement is someone by the name of Annabelle Mendoza, who lives in the area where that Broadview Detention Center is, and she's running for Congress for the 7th Congressional District.

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