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Casket Races
OCTOBER 15, 2025
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Hoskins calls ICE arrest of cemetery workers ‘egregious’
Despite ICE incident, no residents have been detained so far
Forest Park mayor holds a press conference to condemn ICE following Oct. 7 incident at Concordia Cemetery By JESSICA MORDACQ and DAN HALEY
Hoskins says village police are helping Broadview officers with traffic and crowd control
Staff Reporter
At a press conference Monday afternoon at Constitution Court on Madison Street, Mayor Rory Hoskins addressed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and what he called its “poorly trained” agents who are “shattering constitutional norms” while causing “irreparable damage” to Forest Park and its neighboring communities. Hoskins was backed by Betty Alzamora, a park district commissioner and immigration advocate. She explained the rights every person in Forest Park has as they confront ICE and border patrol agents. “All people, regardless of immigration status have rights,” Alzamora said. She added that it is the job of ordinary citizens to “document, protect and bear witness” to See ICE on page 14
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
TODD BANNOR
Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins with Concordia Cemetery workers Danny Greer, Cordell Walls and Darren Eichler at a press conference after the three men were detained by federal agents using physical force on cemetery private property
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As the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers amps up across Chicago and in Broadview, Forest Park officials say they don’t know of any Forest Park residents who have been detained. Mayor Rory Hoskins told the Review that the village’s Oct. 8 statement reporting the update comes at a time when the number and intensity of incidents at the Broadview ICE detention facility See CEMETERY on page 14
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