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Kate O’Donnell ’28 odonnellkgr@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer The midmorning of Friday, Oct. 24th, seemed like something out of a greeting card at first glance. The trees had reached that rich autumnal orange, and the streets of downtown Chicago were alive with the camaraderie of busy passersby and the giggling of children in strollers. Yet, where I stood—inside Chicago’s Immigration Court on 55 E. Monroe—the liveliness outside felt distant and inconsequential. The bleak waiting room hung with…