Welcome to November, quotes readers! We hope you aren’t too stuffed from eating Halloween candy or sleepy after a long night of partying with ghosts and ghouls. But even if you are, we’ve got your weekly news roundup ready — plus another slate of quotes from figures in and around Chicago. So without further ado, let’s get into it!

Gov. JB Pritzker requested that immigration enforcement be put on hold for Halloween weekend, but Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem refused while speaking in Gary on Thursday. Noem was joined by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun to report that more than 223 immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission have been arrested on the state’s highways, many of them truck drivers.

Earlier in the week, Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino took the witness stand where U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis instructed him to get his own body camera and to report back to court daily to provide updates on the agency’s use of force. Those appearances were later canceled, with a federal appeals court overturning Ellis’ order.

“Operation Midway Blitz” also continued across the city and surrounding suburbs. In Gary, a mother, father and their 14-year-old son, a U.S. citizen and student at Gary Lighthouse Charter School, are being in custody after immigration agents raided their home last week. A woman in Aurora says her car was hit by pepper-spray projectiles while her children were in the vehicle with her. And on Wednesday, six protesters, including congressional candidate, Katherine ‘Kat’ Abughazaleh, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to forcibly impede an ICE agent while he was driving into the Broadview processing facility in September.

Area municipalities are pushing back against enforcement efforts, with Waukegan following Chicago, Cook County, Lake County and North Chicago in prohibiting federal agents from using city property for immigration operations.

State lawmakers are also stepping in. Early Friday, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to formally ban federal agents from arresting people near courthouses and allowing lawsuits if individuals’ rights are violated during immigration raids. The measure is one of a flurry passed or proposed in Springfield this week as the legislative session comes to a close, including a sweeping energy bill, “right-to-die” legislation and a new plan to avert Chicago’s public transit fiscal cliff.

In other local news, aldermen signed a letter criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed corporate head tax, Illinois’ high school graduation rate hit a record high and a former downstate sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Sonya Massey.

President Donald Trump traveled to Southeast Asia this week to met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders. Following the meeting with Xi, the president said he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing agreed to resume buying U.S. soybeans. Trump also appeared to suggest that the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing for the first time in three decades.

Meanwhile, Israel’s heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip earlier this week threatened the fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the nation and Hamas. Over 100 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes, including 66 women and children, according to local health officials, but by Wednesday, Israel’s military said the ceasefire was back on.

Stateside, the federal government shutdown is dragging on with no end in sight. More than 30 days in, the effects of the shutdown are being felt nationwide, with some medical patients going without treatment and millions of Americans — including nearly 2 million Illinoisans — could lose federal food assistance starting Saturday if the Trump administration doesn’t use contingency funds to keep SNAP payments flowing.

In Chicago sports, the Bears’ hot streak came to a chilly end Sunday, but across town, the Bulls’ season is off to a perfect start. And the Blackhawks kicked off their six-game road trip Thursday with a matchup against a familiar face on the Winnipeg Jets: Jonathan Toews. Toews and the Jets beat the Hawks 6-3.

Plus, Harrison Ford was in town this week to receive an award from the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation for his decades of environmental activism and conservation efforts. The “Indiana Jones” actor caught up with the Tribune’s Adriana Perez before the ceremony to recount how his Chicago upbringing set him on a path toward advocacy.

That’s it for this busy news week! Now, the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz, for Oct. 26 through Nov. 1.

Missed last week? You can find it here or check out our past editions of Quotes of the Week.

 

 

 

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