the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Sep 15, 2025
On September 12, ICE agents operating in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park shot and killed 38-year-old Silverio Villegas Gonzalez.
According to a neighbor, agents dressed in military-style clothes, with their faces covered, had set up a traffic stop in this largely immigrant suburb. The agents claim that Villegas Gonzalez ran into one of them with his car, before they opened fire and killed him.
So far, ICE has released no video backing up their story. But even if it’s true, who can be surprised that someone might panic when confronted by military-looking men in masks, especially after all the stories of brutality trumpeted by the administration?
The administration has tried to justify their “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration raids in Chicago by claiming they’re going after the “worst of the worst.” But the only thing they could find on Villegas Gonzalez was that in the last fifteen years he had gotten a speeding ticket, a ticket for driving with an expired license, and another for driving an uninsured vehicle. He worked as a cook and had lived in the U.S. for at least 15 years. In other words—he was a normal worker.
That’s exactly who ICE is terrorizing. And that is a threat to all workers.