Fences Go Up at ICE Facility, Fire Stadium Quickly Advances, and Are Dogs Coming to Restaurants?
Fences have gone up around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview despite local officials’ opposition. Meanwhile, conflicting narratives are emerging about the fatal ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. Host Jacoby Cochran discusses the latest with Borderless magazine’s Katrina Pham and the Sun-Times’ Nader Issa. They also discuss the possibility of allowing dogs into restaurants, the rapid momentum of a new Fire Stadium, and the Leo High School boys choir’s appearance in the finals of “America’s Got Talent.”
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