October 13, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies The Chicago Tribune reports: Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street. The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune. “They asked us if we have papers. I said I do but I don’t have them on me,” Cruz, a 60-year old man with heart problems originally from El Salvador, recalled in Spanish. The agents stood Cruz up, put him in their truck, drove around in circles, and asked questions, he said. Eventually, the agents verified that he is, in fact, legally in the country. And they let him go. But not before writing him a $130 ticket for not having his papers. Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced. The National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago told the Tribune it has not yet seen any of its clients receive this sort of citation. Read the full article. ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’ https://t.co/W0yzBduL0z — Chicago Tribune Politics (@ChiTribCloutSt) October 13, 2025