Chicagoans send 150,000 whistles to cities besieged by federal immigration agents

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Jan. 21, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Last Updated Jan. 21, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/01/21/chicagoans-send-whistles-ice-immigration

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When federal agents arrived in Minneapolis, Chicagoans Emily Hilleren and Lauren Vega kept doing what they had been doing for months: getting their hands on as many whistles as they could find. They assembled care package containing 5,000 whistles, zines with illustrated instructions on how to use ...