Chicago Teachers Fight To Keep ICE Out Of Schools

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Millions of kids have started school over the past few weeks – that includes students in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and now Chicago, all cities targeted by the Trump administration for immigration enforcement and, of course, crime. It's worth saying that, like in other cities that Trump has mentioned as evil dens of criminal miscreants, violent crime has gone down in the city of Chicago over the last year. But the president, who posted an "Apocalypse Now" inspired meme over the weekend, implying he wants to go to "war" with Chicago, doesn't seem to care much about facts and figures. But teachers do. So to learn more about how teachers in Chicago are handling a new school year and the potential for more federal incursions on the city, we spoke to Stacy Davis Gates, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union. And in headlines: revised job numbers show a much weaker job market than previously thought, Israel strikes Qatar, dealing a major blow to ceasefire talks, and American high school students' test scores hit a historic low.

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, September 10th.
0:04.2	I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey.
0:06.2	The show contemplating why everyone who wrote
0:08.6	Conveicted Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein
0:10.3	a 50th birthday message seemed to write something like,
0:13.1	Happy Birthday to my favorite sex offender.
0:15.9	I hope you enjoy all the sex offending you'll get to do in the future.
0:20.3	Weird, isn't it?
0:30.2	On today's show, the U.S. response to Israel strike on Hamas's political leadership in Qatar.
0:36.3	And revised jobs numbers show a weaker labor market than initially thought.
0:40.5	But let's start with schools.
0:42.8	Millions of kids have started school over the past few weeks.
0:45.8	That includes students in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and now Chicago.
0:50.1	All cities targeted by the Trump administration for immigration enforcement, and, of course, crime.
0:55.5	Here is President Donald Trump speaking on Tuesday morning.
0:58.4	50 people were murdered in Chicago in recent weeks with hundreds being shot,
1:04.2	and it's time to stop this madness.
1:06.2	The people of our country need to insist on protection, safety, law, and order.
1:11.9	It's worth saying that, like in other cities that have been mentioned by Trump as evil dens of
1:16.7	criminal miscreants, violent crime has gone down in the city of Chicago over the last year.
1:21.7	But something tells me that the president, who posted an apocalypse-now-inspired meme over the weekend
1:26.1	implying he wants to go to, quote,
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