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Documenting ICE in Chicago

WKUVJP Senior Dominic Di Palermo’s internship at the Chicago Tribune this past fall put him on the front line of the federal government’s immigration crackdown in Chicago. What started as protests at the U.S. Customs Enforcement facility grew into a months-long essay looking at a variety of impacts the presence of ICE and Border Patrol agents has had on the community.

A protesters, who declined to be named, leads other protestors and activists gather in a chant at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ Chicago Tribune)
A federal agent stands face to face with protesters while attempting to keep protesters back so that vehicles could enter and exit the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.
Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s appearance at the 25th Anniversary Voyage of Chicago’s Christmas Ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park next to Chicago’s Lake Michigan. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Protester Sherry yells at federal agents while standing face to face with them as the agents cleared a path for their vehicles to enter and exit the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.
A protester gets treated after being sprayed by a federal agent through a fence at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview after being sprayed by a federal agent through the fence on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino leads detainees into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Adriana Rivera hugs her friend Marlon goodbye while his wife Sulay cries in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood before leaving for her flight at Chicago Midway International Airport, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Rivera is flying to Mexico to move there because her husband was detained by federal agents and chose voluntary departure to Mexico due to worsening illness and unaffordable medical care. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
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