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Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, walks with a Chicago Public School's student walkout in protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents around Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

CHICAGO – Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood.

Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts his plans on Facebook.

“We don’t know if they’re going to come back. All we know is we’ve got to get ready,” he tells thousands of followers. “Gi

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