On Oct. 20, a chef from North Avenue Falafel was working his side hustle, waiting in the Uber holding lot at O’Hare. Suddenly ICE agents closed the lot’s entrance and exit and starting asked questions. It would take weeks to untangle the answers.
Amr Hassan originally came to the U.S. on a tourist visa. He has since gone through immigration proceedings and received a “cancellation of removal,” which opened a route to a green card. His case is pending.
None of that mattered in the O’Hare Uber lot…