CHICAGO — Chicagoans prepared to celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos this weekend — while grappling with the continuing presence of federal immigration agents throughout the city.
See what Block Club reporters captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods this week.
U.S. Border Patrol agents frisk a person as they detain him at Huron and Throop streets as they conduct immigration stops in West Town on October. 24, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a driver in the 1100 block of North Wood Street as they conduct immigration stops in West Town on October. 24, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino hops into a truck after exiting the Federal Building on Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Arthur Maiorella for Block Club Chicago
Masked Border Patrol agents guard as U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-large Gregory Bovino exits the Federal Building in downtown Chicago, IL on Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Arthur Maiorella for Block Club Chicago
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The sidewalk along 47th Street was unusually quiet in the morning in Back of the Yards on Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Volunteers put together 500 meals to distribute to neighbors amid immigration raid fears at La Bahia de Acapulco along 47th Street in Back of the Yards on Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Mugshots loom in the background while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks as Homeland Security, ICE and Indiana officials hold a press conference about truck driver safety and an update on Operation Midway Blitz at the Gary International Airport on Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Hundreds of protesters gather and march through Little Village to demonstrate opposition to recent federal immigration enforcement actions in Chicago on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Credit: Christopher Dilts for Block Club Chicago
A young girl carrying an American flag joins hundreds of protesters gather and march through the Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate opposition to recent Federal immigration enforcement actions in Chicago on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Credit: Christopher Dilts for Block Club Chicago
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Southside Market and Cafe will provide fresh food and goods on the go to customers in Chatham. Credit: Atavia Reed/Block Club Chicago
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Construction crews pour concrete at the eastern corner of Logan and Milwaukee on Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago
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David Byrne speaks during a press event for David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar’s ‘Theater of the Mind’ at 333 N. LaSalle Street in River North on Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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From left: Aldridge Elementary eighth-graders Camari, Kemari and Jerl paint logs for an art installation near Beaubien Woods’ Prairie Boat Gathering Space on Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago
A person prepares to enter a kayak from the new accessible boat launch at the Beaubien Woods forest preserve on Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, holds printouts of recruitment advertisements the Department of Homeland Security has posted to social media during an Oct. 24, 2025 hearing about President Donald Trump’s immigration policies at the Cook County board room. Credit: Alex V. Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
Read more: Congressional Democrats Come To Chicago To Hear About Immigration Enforcement Blitz
Halloween decorations in the 2200 block of West Estes Avenue in West Ridge. Credit: Carrie Jackson for Block Club Chicago
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Discarded birria tacos remain at the entrance where federal agents detained a construction worker in the 3300 block of North Lakewood Avenue in Lakeview, and then threw chemical agents at responding neighbors on Oct. 24, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Marshall Hatch Jr. poses for a portrait at City Hall on Oct. 16, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Protestors at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Arthur Maiorella for Block Club Chicago
Broadview Police officers tell demonstrators to get back off barricades marking the free speech zone during a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency’s processing center in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago) Credit: Block Club Chicago
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