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BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO LAUNCHES WHATSAPP ALERTS TO TRACK ICE OPERATIONS CITYWIDE

Block Club Chicago|Oct 15, 2025
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Block Club Chicago launched a WhatsApp channel to deliver daily recaps and breaking updates on ICE activity and other immigration news across the city. Readers can send tips and questions via WhatsApp (312-860-0020). The newsroom will publish Spanish-language alerts with City Bureau’s translation lab, supported by a Medill Solutions Journalism grant. The post also lists know-your-rights resources and community groups for enforcement updates and assistance.

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DOJ Deploys 36 New Immigration Judges Across 16 States, Taps Pentagon JAGs

DOJ’s EOIR is adding 36 immigration judges—25 of them temporary—to courts in 16 states after months of layoffs and resignations. Temporary judges include military JAG attorneys following a Pentagon authorization and a DOJ rule that loosened qualification requirements. The hires aim to ease a massive backlog but raise due-process and politicization concerns given the rapid turnover and limited immigration-law experience among some appointees.

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