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Ricardo Cruz, a nineteen-year-old U.S. citizen, said he was trying to warn neighbors about immigration agents when CBP officers boxed him in, pulled him from his truck, pepper-sprayed him, and held him for hours.

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Glittering skyscrapers lit up against the night sky backdrop Cloud Gate, a shiny chrome bean-shaped sculpture in Millennium Park. The sculpture takes up the right half of the picture while buildings that line the north end of the park are seen in the background.
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