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Today, Explained

Can you sue ICE?

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

You can. And ICE's aggressive tactics are inviting legal challenges from protesters. But some recent court rulings will make it hard for them to win. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt and Kelli Wessinger, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. A federal immigration enforcement agent sprays Rev. David Black as he and other protesters demonstrate outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Ill. Photo by Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In Chicago, residents have been resisting ICE.

0:04.0

You're going to use that gun on your people.

0:07.0

Shame on you.

0:08.0

I hope right now your ancestors are looking at you.

0:12.0

The epicenter of the resistance is a village called Broadview,

0:17.0

where there's a big processing center.

0:19.0

People are also being detained there. No one knows

0:23.0

entirely what's going on inside, although there are a few stories. So there are very limited

0:29.5

facilities for hygiene. There's no food preparation there. We hear that they get one meal a day.

0:35.9

They're basically 250 men packed into a single room with no air.

0:43.0

So we hear complaints that it's really a hellish place to be.

0:47.4

Coming up on today, explained, as Chicago fights ice in the streets and in front of places like Broadview, a question is emerging.

0:57.0

Is it better to fight ice in the streets and in front of places like Broadview, a question is emerging. Is it better to fight ice in the courts?

1:02.0

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1:37.6

Giving up is unforgivable.

1:39.8

So whether we're reading more serious books about democracy in our book clubs

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