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‘We Have Each Other’s Backs’: An Environmental Organizer Sets His Sights on ICE As Told ToImmigration PolicyOrganizingTop StoriesVisuals

‘We Have Each Other’s Backs’: An Environmental Organizer Sets His Sights on ICE

David Barboza has spent years fighting pollution on the Southeast Side of Chicago. But when Donald Trump was re-elected in 2025, he saw a new threat to his community: immigrant deportations.
March 5, 2026
A pair of images, first showing a construction site on a vacant tract of land in the South Loop next to Chinatown, will house the new Chicago Fire stadium; the second shows Debbie Liu, president of the Ping Tom Park advisory council standing near the development site with the South Loop skyline behind her.Camilla Forte/Borderless Magazine/Catchlight Local/Report for America
A Soccer Stadium Is Coming to Chinatown’s Doorstep. Locals Want Guarantees It Won’t Push Them Out. Labor and EconomicsTop Stories

A Soccer Stadium Is Coming to Chinatown’s Doorstep. Locals Want Guarantees It Won’t Push Them Out.

While the amount of tax subsidies for the stadium remains undecided, community members are pushing for a formal agreement to secure the development's promised affordable housing and economic benefits.
March 3, 2026