Catching Up With Quigley: Week of October 13
Dear Friend,
I encourage everyone who chooses to use their voice this weekend to do so safely and peacefully. I also hope to see you frequenting businesses in the Little Village and Pilsen areas, lending your support to the communities that need it the most right now.
1. Announced a Town Hall & Know Your Rights Training
On Monday, October 20, at 6 pm, I will be hosting an emergency community meeting to address the massive increase in ICE activity in the Chicagoland area. Alongside the ACLU and The Resurrection Project, I will take questions about the federal, legal, and community responses to the situation. After our panel, The Resurrection Project will lead a Know Your Rights training so you know how to respond to an ICE confrontation and can tell your neighbors how to do the same. For the safety of all participants, pre-registration will be required.
Register for Monday's event HERE. If you are unable to join in person, a livestream will also be broadcast HERE.
2. Co-Hosted a Community Training
In today's environment, it's important that as many of our residents as possible know their rights. That's why Alderman Scott Waguespack, State Senator Sara Feigenholtz, State Representatives Graciela Guzman, Jaime Andrade, and Ann Williams, Commissioner Bridget Degnen, and I all co-hosted a Know Your Rights training in West Lakeview. The amazing trainers from The Resurrection Project and the National Immigrant Justice Center taught nearly 200 people how to respond if they are approached by ICE and what to do as a bystander. Centro Romero and One Northside also provided informational materials to all our attendees.
If you weren't able to join in person, you can watch the entire event online HERE.
3. Visited the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse
ICE raids are not making our communities safer. In fact, they are actively making us less safe. Earlier this week, I visited the Cook County Circuit Court that handles domestic violence cases, where I learned about the negative impacts of ICE's presence on domestic violence survivors. Advocates told me about women who are no longer getting orders of protection or seeking out support services, and perpetrators who aren't showing up to hearings. All survivors deserve justice. President Trump's ICE enforcement is making that harder to get.
Watch a video about my visit HERE.
Please don't hesitate to contact my office if you have questions or to share your opinions and concerns during this period. You can call my DC office at (202) 225-4061 or my Chicago office at (773) 267-5926. You can also email me through my website at Quigley.house.gov/contact. You can also sign up for in-the-moment updates on my work by following me on social media @RepMikeQuigley or texting "QUIGLEY" to (773) 200-2854.
Sincerely,
Mike Quigley