Some 100 protesters demonstrated at Chicago’s O’Hare airport December 21 against the arrest of 47 airport workers. The charges range from use of false Social Security numbers to not including past convictions on job applications. Another 500 more have had their security clearances revoked while they are being investigated; many face deportation proceedings. The December 10 sweep at O’Hare is part of a nationwide crackdown called Operation Tarmac that has resulted in more than 800 arrests in airports across the country. The protest was organized by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Workers Issues.  
 
 
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