A Chicago-based, left-wing organization is using social media to share strategies for confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, as deportation activities ramp up in the sanctuary city, The Washington Examiner reported on Tuesday.
The Facebook page "Chicago Listener" has posted content that not only encourages aggression toward immigration officials but also suggests methods for targeting and damaging ICE vehicles. An Oct. 3 post that garnered more than 600 reactions featured photographic instructions on how to craft homemade spikes for disabling vehicles using a cut-up garden hose and nails.
One of the comments on the Chicago Listener Facebook page complimented the tactic saying it was a "cheap good idea" and offered a variation on the construction adding one could "bend two nails at a 90 degree angle, chop the flat, put em together n give em a quick spot weld."
Another added, "Oil for the windshields," with a third commenting, "Tar would be harder to remove."
Recently, assaults on ICE personnel in the area have risen by 1,000%.
The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Midway Blitz in September, which aimed to "target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Gov. [JB] Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets."
DHS announced last week that since the operation began nearly a month ago federal agents "have arrested more than 1,000 illegal aliens – including the worst of the worst pedophiles, child abusers, kidnappers, gang members, and armed robbers."
The Facebook group also promoted a 9-liter spray tank sold by Spray Vandalz, a graffiti-supply store. When a follower asked how the canister would be used, Chicago Listener said it was meant to coat the windows of ICE vehicles with red paint from a distance.
In the replies, others argued that spray-painting ICE personnel's windshields while they tried to flee a volatile scene would "make the situation impossible for them to leave." "Just a thought chat," Chicago Listener captioned the carousel of images.
Chicago has become ground zero for the Trump administration and its ongoing battle with left-wing agitators who have been encouraged by the city's Democrat leadership.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told MSNBC on Sunday that the ICE agents were "intentionally invoking violence," and added, "It's incumbent on all of us throughout this country to push back fiercely against this tyrant."
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