Morning observation at the Green Bay Road Jewel in Wilmette, Illinois.

Able-bodied vets with PTSD, persons with non-visible disabilities, can work in the fields, according to the Secretary of Agriculture.

This is how authoritarian regimes operate.

Protestant leaders should follow his example to do whatever is in their power to provide Sanctuary—in all its meanings.

It has no inherent benefit to society.

We haven’t seen the same unfold in Chicago because of the power of already deep-rooted grassroots networks that mobilized.

When the people rise up, when they “Storm the Bastille,” it’s because they’ve been pushed to the wall with no more choices left.

We’ve entered a nightmare realm—one where U.S. citizens of color have already been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stripped of their rights, denied due process, and held without cause.

Due process is not about protecting people we like. It exists precisely to protect everyone—especially those on the margins—because the power of the government must have limits.

In 2022 alone, undocumented immigrants paid a staggering $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes.