“Unfortunately, the same way the administration has been dealing with this, by bypassing and not dealing with it, is what they told their colleagues here to say, ‘Hey, let’s call quorum. Let’s end the meeting so we don’t have to deal with this,’” Ald. Gilbert Villegas said.

The citywide elections will take place early next year, and while there will be plenty of buzz around the mayoral race, the city’s 50 City Council seats will also be on the ballot, as will a series of referendums and other items for voters to weigh and consider.

“No one knows — not even the city of Chicago —who these kids are. Within the last decade, including the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago Public Schools lost 70,000 students. Some may have moved. Some may have gone to private schools. But the number of CPS middle and high schoolers missing 18 days or more of school shot up during the pandemic and has remained high…”

DHS said a crowd it described as “anti-ICE agitators” surrounded officers during the operation. The agency alleges one person spray-painted an ICE vehicle before fleeing and striking a streetlight pole. Chicago Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez also attended the protest and spoke about the importance of supporting community members who are concerned about immigration enforcement efforts.