Hey, Chicago! The quotes team is back with your weekly news roundup. It was another busy one for the Chicagoland, so let’s get right into it.

Chicagoans celebrated Mexican Independence Day on Sunday with a parade in Little Village that saw lower turnout amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown. As part of the ramped-up enforcement efforts in the region, dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it made 400 arrests, and early Tuesday, a U.S. citizen was detained by federal agents in Elgin. Joe Botello said masked agents forcibly entered his house — destroying a front door and glass patio door — and then handcuffed and questioned him before he was released.

In the wake of these actions, students have organized rallies against ICE and local leaders are encouraging people in the U.S. illegally to stay home.

Meanwhile, President Trump threatened yet again to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, despite opposition from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a dead rat and a note that contained “derogatory statements” about immigrants was left outside 40th Ward Ald. Andre Vasquez Jr.’s office and on Friday, federal agents used tear gas and pepper spray against protesters who were blocking vans at an immigration facility in Broadview.

In the nation’s capital, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that recent changes at the agency will endanger public health. Later in the week, a vaccine advisory panel handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. decided to change its recommendation on the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine and updated its guidance on COVID-19 shots, declining to recommend them for anyone.

Air Force One flew to the U.K. this week, and Trump received a warm welcome from King Charles III at Windsor Castle. But in London, his state visit was met with a much chillier reception.

With the president abroad, the nation’s attention remained on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A sheriff involved in arresting Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged with assassinating Kirk, revealed that Robinson feared being shot by police and agreed to surrender to law enforcement as long as it was done peacefully. Locally, the suburban high school Kirk attended is divided over efforts to honor him. Plus, while some conservatives sought this week to upend the careers of those who criticized the Turning Point USA founder, ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following similar remarks from the late-night host. The network’s move has been met with blowback, including from Gov. JB Pritzker, who called for consumers to boycott outlets tied to Kimmel’s suspension.

The Bears suffered another “stunning” defeat Sunday against the Detroit Lions, allowing 50-plus points for the first time in over a decade. The team will take on Dallas this Sunday at Soldier Field, hoping to secure a win over former Bears head coach and current Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus and avoid starting the season 0-3.

But not all hope is lost for Chicago sports fans! With an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, the Cubs clinched a spot in the postseason.

And on Tuesday, Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather of independent cinema as the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford died at 89. Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, the two-term Republican who lead the state through much of the 1990s, also died earlier this week. He was 79.

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