October 25, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Federal agents detain worker in Old Irving Park, appear to use tear gas; fear disrupts local parade. Elementary school changes plans for Halloween celebration; protest march held in Little Village.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-construction-worker-detained-feds-old-irving-park-witnesses-say-fear-disrupts-parade/18071228/
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. Video shows feds breaking window, detaining man in West Town; Laugh Factory manager detained; DHS responds to tear gas allegations.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-demonstrators-broadview-facility-dhs-defends-apparent-tear-gas-use-little-village-protesters/18066452/

WTTW
— Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, More Than a Dozen County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/despite-illinois-sanctuary-laws-least-17-county-sheriffs-have-contracts-hold-people-ice

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/chicago-tear-gas-irving-park/
— Congressmen, community members hold ‘shadow meeting’ on Trump enforcement efforts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/congressmen-community-members-hold-shadow-meeting-on-trump-enforcement-efforts/
— Local clergy, faith leaders decry Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘Antithetical to the Gospel’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/local-clergy-faith-leaders-decry-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
— ‘People are going to be out here starving’: NWI food advocates react to potential SNAP cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/people-are-going-to-be-out-here-starving-nwi-food-advocates-react-to-potential-snap-cuts/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Brighton Park businesses sign on to city’s ‘ICE-free zones’ initiative. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) handed out new signs in Brighton Park as part of an executive order barring federal agents from staging on city-owned and private properties.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/25/brighton-park-ice-free-zone-brandon-johnson
— Dozens march through Little Village at anti-ICE protest: ‘Being here means supporting my people’  Residents gathered beneath the Little Village Arch on Saturday afternoon before marching down 26th Street, chanting for ICE to leave their community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/25/dozens-march-through-little-village-at-anti-ice-protest-being-here-means-supporting-my-people
— Health insurance for a family through a job hits $27,000 a year — the cost of a new Toyota Corolla hybrid. The average premium for family coverage is up 26% over the past five years — the first time in two decades the cost of covering a family of four has risen by 6% or more for three straight years.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/25/health-insurance-family-job-coverage-consumer-costs
— DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/25/trump-craves-war-under-guise-immigration-enforcement-bovino-ice-homeland-security-natalie-moore

DAILY HERALD
— Clock is ticking in DuPage: With an election approaching, only the courts can break impasse between board and clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-clock-is-ticking-in-dupage-with-an-election-approaching-only-the-courts-can/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fees. DD: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries if they could have.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-10-25/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-sues-trump-administration-over-100-000-h-1b-visa-fees

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Endorses LaHood for Re-Election, Praises Him as a “Tremendous Champion” for Illinois
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/president-trump-endorses-rep-darin-lahood-for-re-election-praises-him-as-a-tremendous-champion-for-illinois.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom’s illegal immigrant driver’s licenses are getting people killed. DD: This harkens back to George Ran.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3862248/gavin-newsoms-illegal-immigrant-drivers-licenses-are-getting-people-killed/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Democrat distributes ICE agents’ car details, plate numbers. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/absolutely-disgraceful-illinois-dem-distributes-ice-agents-car-details-plate-numbers-1595419/

EPOCH TIMES
— Emails From IL Lawmakers Expose ICE Agents’ Vehicle Data, Locations
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/charge-them-alleged-emails-from-il-lawmakers-expose-ice-agents-vehicle-data-locations/

FOX BUSINESS
— National Border Patrol council VP: Pritzker seems ‘detached from reality’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7zh3gjNLuU

NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox’s Bret Baier Presses Pritzker with the Ugly Facts on Chicago’s Murder Rate
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/10/25/foxs-bret-baier-presses-pritzker-ugly-facts-chicagos-murder-rate
— Fox News Highlights Car Crash Deaths Caused by Illegal Alien Truckers. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/10/25/fox-news-highlights-car-crash-deaths-caused-illegal-alien

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Asks Reporter if the Word Illegal Alien is ‘Sci-Fi’ Term
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/25/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-asks-reporter-if-the-word-illegal-alien-is-sci-fi-term-n2665476

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FORBES
— Casten Calls Trump A ‘Child Predator’, Accuses Mike Johnson, GOP Of Protecting Epstein List. DD: Should Trump sue Casten?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ihL3DpXj2A
— ‘I’m Really Proud Of That’: JB Pritzker Praises Chicagoans Protecting Each Other From ICE Agents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnKaW6LV0c

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.