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September 30, 2025

Feds March Downtown. Plus, Are Chicago’s Bridges Falling Down?

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Feds March Downtown. Plus, Are Chicago’s Bridges Falling Down?

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Gov. JB Pritzker is warning federal troops may soon come to Chicago after dozens of federal immigration agents marched Sunday through downtown Chicago making arrests. The display followed another round of protests and tear gas at the Broadview ICE facility and what appeared to be a Border Patrol photo op on boats near Navy Pier. Host Jacoby Cochran and executive producer Simone Alicea go over the latest. Plus, they’re talking about Chicago’s historic bridges currently under construction and South Side Weekly’s Best of the South Side.

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