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Demonstrators hold placards as Rey Wences, an activist from Organized Communities Against Deportations, addresses reporters during a news conference in Chicago on July 11, 2019. A nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting people who are in the United States illegally is expected to begin this weekend.

As ICE raids loom, Chicago mayor vows to do ‘everything we can to push back against Trump administration’

March 11, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

For the second time in less than a month, immigrants and their advocates in Chicago and other major cities are girding for the prospect of a large-scale Immigration and Customs...

Wasyl Mirutenko, from left, his wife Natalie, their daughter Roma, and James Hoover on June 30, 2019, with a photo of their daughter and James' wife, Tatiana Mirutenko, who was 27 when she was shot and killed July 7, 2018, in Mexico City.

‘There’s never going to be closure’: Chicago family recalls young woman killed while on Mexico City trip one year ago

July 6, 2019 at 7:19 a.m.

James Hoover slowly unwraps a blue T-shirt to reveal a sparkling framed photo of his late wife Tatiana Mirutenko smiling on their wedding day. In the year since the Chicago-area...

Amanda Varela, of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, chants during a rally protesting unfair immigration policies on April 24, 2019, outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.

New Illinois laws aimed at ICE are ‘a firewall against Trump attacks’ on immigrants, Pritzker says

March 11, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

Not long ago, the McHenry County sheriff's office was poised to become the first police agency in Illinois authorized to enforce federal immigration laws. About 90 miles to the south,...

People use the completed Navy Pier Flyover trail on May 10, 2021.

Navy Pier Flyover gets a face-lift

June 28, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

The Navy Pier Flyover got a face-lift this week, with bright green and white paint separating the areas for pedestrians and bicyclists, according to the city. The Chicago Department of...

Young demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 27, 2019.

Illinois immigration groups applaud Supreme Court ruling that keeps citizenship question off census, but fight’s not over yet

June 27, 2019 at 7:35 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court has for now blocked a controversial citizenship question from appearing on the 2020 census, but immigration advocates in Illinois aren't claiming victory yet. Lawrence Benito, executive...

Review finds Archdiocese of Chicago needs stronger policies to report ‘grooming’ behavior that can lead to child abuse

June 24, 2019 at 7:43 p.m.

An independent review of Archdiocese of Chicago policies on child sexual abuse found that church officials needed to improve how they spot, report and discipline "boundary violations" and other behavior...

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, talks with Jovita Chavez after giving her a leaflet at the CTA Brown Line Kimball station in Chicago on Friday, June 21, 2019, about rights concerning ICE and possible raids.

Chicagoans prepare for immigration raids expected this weekend: ‘We hope we never have to respond to an ICE raid but we are ready’

June 21, 2019 at 8:50 p.m.

With the possibility of widespread immigration raids in Chicago and in other major cities this weekend, some city officials and community activists began mobilizing support for immigrants, including taking to...

Driver killed, state trooper injured in I-55 crash near Romeoville

June 21, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

A woman was killed early Friday after crashing into an Illinois State Police squad car that had been parked in a construction zone on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Romeoville,...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to the media on June 5, 2019, at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago.

Gov. Pritzker creates office, advisory panel dedicated to 2020 census outreach

June 20, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

With the 2020 census nine months away, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday creating an office designated to help with statewide outreach efforts. The order will allow Pritzker...

Arnulfo Ochoa, father of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, breaks down as he walks with assistance from family and friends toward the Cook County medical examiner's office on May 16, 2019.

Inspection finds ‘deficiencies’ in patient rights at hospital that treated Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s baby after he was cut from her womb

June 18, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

Poor communication between law enforcement and medical staff violated patient rights standards in the case of a newborn who was cut from his mother's womb and brought to a suburban...

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