{"id":45984,"date":"2026-01-10T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45984"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:51:21","slug":"the-unexpected-faces-on-the-frontlines-of-ice-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/the-unexpected-faces-on-the-frontlines-of-ice-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"The unexpected faces on the frontlines of ICE raids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The unexpected faces on the frontlines of ICE raids\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-yKSgM0G1xQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thenewsmovement\">The News Movement<\/a> Dec 2, 2025 As soon as the Trump administration began its immigration crackdown in Chicago\u2014known as Operation Midway Blitz\u2014teenage brothers Ben and Sam Luhmann stepped up to the front lines. Armed with phone and body cameras, Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs in hopes of tracking ICE agents and filming raids they see as unwarranted and unjustified. The teens are both homeschooled, and dedicate five hours each day to help a rapid-response network of volunteers that documents ICE raids and assists families of those detained in the arrests. The News Movement\u2019s Dan Ming joined Ben and Sam on patrol to see the effects of President Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement\u2014and meet the communities pushing back. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/immigration\">#immigration<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/iceraids\">#iceraids<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/iceagents\">#iceagents<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\">0:00<\/a> Intro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=23s\">0:23<\/a> Tracking ICE arrests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=126s\">2:06<\/a> Why the brothers started patrolling Chicago\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=182s\">3:02<\/a> Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=317s\">5:17<\/a> Effect of ICE arrests on immigrant families <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=428s\">7:08<\/a> Ben &amp; Sam threatened with arrest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=525s\">8:45<\/a> The teens\u2019 parents resisting ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ&amp;t=641s\">10:41<\/a> What\u2019s next for ICE Follow The News Movement: Instagram <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFhDbmVrTFJEVlZIRXVobWN2QmlOQVludnlnd3xBQ3Jtc0trbW90R0VzUl85eHNPYVh3RzRKWkNLQjNLSi1YbWc4a0RCQU5pS1NVZTRLOGpGX0ZNLWthaUQwTGVYZmY2bkxVQ3d3SEpUVDAtcXhidWRVU29mWXRlMF81cWpOOUozWVp2aW03V0hGRk1wVzZONE1EWQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fthenewsmovement%2F%3Fhl%3Den&amp;v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenewsmove&#8230;<\/a> Tiktok <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHhqX0QxU3hhTU1CbThnTjltLUhuWnlnaEZkZ3xBQ3Jtc0trdFZWdVQtb2M1bzBmdHhKMVg1eHNOOE5QWWRTeTN6YVhPTk52T3k1b25aM2ZVMWt6ZkJRM2xaLUdQMWFjRm84NDF1aEhRbUYwZlJIcHZ4S3AwTmFXaW40YldOYkRWT0FudlV0SzZHSFpEZU9xWTl5bw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40thenewsmovement%3Flang%3Den&amp;v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thenewsmoveme&#8230;<\/a> Twitter <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHRveHhPdWdZOWctdjNRcXk0WWUtOWdNRUJ2QXxBQ3Jtc0tsdjNVb182eTZJdGxGV0FUTjJkTUswRFdjTmpwMk84dmZWNVd4STJCZDY1eWhmY0lZaXJacTd1QzNUZHhxMFBZaFZWMVVQWDBaZDN0TDRIUXhyekhOWUhUZFdRRk0zWmpVbGZZMFRqR3hwRkpLNWd0aw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fthenewsmovement%3Flang%3Den&amp;v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/thenewsmovement?lang=en<\/a> Website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXZYWGlUSWNwRmJLUVV6MVNSSVY3cmM2QkMzZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsMm9SSVNZWXJvZ2dnRHJ0Q2lBaVMxenZEYlJPUFBxT3dYTUg3emJJb19hRFY0d2hSb3N2X2dJOVhSdTF2clYzdl95SjNuUkk2RnY5LVZDQzNiZlRDWnQza1luT21tbkJVQzlNUDVTcXl4U0F5YmhiYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewsmovement.com%2F&amp;v=-yKSgM0G1xQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thenewsmovement.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The News Movement Dec 2, 2025 As soon as the Trump administration began its immigration crackdown in Chicago\u2014known as Operation Midway Blitz\u2014teenage brothers Ben and Sam Luhmann stepped up to the front lines. Armed with phone and body cameras, Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs in hopes of tracking&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/the-unexpected-faces-on-the-frontlines-of-ice-raids\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45984"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45985,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45984\/revisions\/45985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}