VISIBLE MagazineEmily Jo Scalzo | VISIBLE Magazine https://visiblemagazine.com/author/emily-jo-scalzo/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:14:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://visiblemagazine.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/14163202/cropped-icon-1-32x32.png Emily Jo Scalzo | VISIBLE Magazine https://visiblemagazine.com/author/emily-jo-scalzo/ 32 32 161535965 The Invasion of Chicago https://visiblemagazine.com/the-invasion-of-chicago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-invasion-of-chicago https://visiblemagazine.com/the-invasion-of-chicago/#respond Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:45:21 +0000 https://visiblemagazine.com/?p=11247 They zip-tied the children and
tore them from their parents,
half naked in the dead of night,
Black Hawk helicopters shrieking
overhead, ICE rappelling down
buildings like a military strike force.

Separated based on race in U-Hauls,
they waited hours for their captors
to release them, no due process,
no access to lawyers, detained
without constitutional rights
in a land known for freedom,

our city under siege.

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