ICE Raid, Chicago, October 1, 2025

(Trigger warning: extreme vulgarity)Note: Ij the early morning hours of October 1, 2025, a Black Hawk helicopter dropped ICE agents into a residential bloc in Chicago, netting 37 undocumented individuals. plus others, including undressed and half-dressed children who were zip tied together and loaded into a U-haul truck. An ICE agent, challenged about detaining the children, is reported to have responded, “F**k them kids.”The following is intended to be sung theatrically between a terrified child, ICE agents, and a crowd of sympathetic onlookers that is finding its voice.Look at the sky, peer in the darknessCan you see why cable is dangling?Chatter of blades, light in the windowHide under the bed, hugging your pillowBoots on the stairs, relentlessly poundingCursing and shouts, in my ear soundingSplintering wood, Mama is screamingShutting my eyes, hope I am dreamingICE: F**k them babies, F**k them kids!Flickering beams, here in my bedroomBreaking of glass and gasoline fumesHere I was safe, mattress flips overNo more escape, soldier takeoverICE: F**k them babies, F**k them kids!Pinching my wrist, wet my pajamasMama and sis, face down on the sofaFly down the stair, glove under my armpitICE: Shut the f**k up, here on the dirt sitICE: F**k them babies, F**k them kids!ICE: F**k them babies, F**k them kids!Onlookers: Save them babies, save them kids!ICE: F**K THEM BABIES, F**K THEM KIDS!Onlookers (louder each time): Save them Babies, save them kids! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jeanpouliot.substack.com/subscribe