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An information packet and an American flag are placed on a chair at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office on Aug. 17, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Chicago ‘Dreamers’ say they’re fearful of job loss and deportations

May 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The rising chance of arrest, job loss and deportation for 'Dreamers' was the focus of a Senate spotlight forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

An apartment door at 7500 S. South Shore Drive is left open and damaged on Oct. 2, 2025, with clothing and other items on the floor days after federal agents descended on the building in an early-morning raid. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Federal tort claims filed for residents arrested in ‘shocking’ military-style raid on South Shore building

May 14, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

Immigration advocacy groups on Wednesday filed tort claims against the Department of Homeland Security over a controversial raid in a South Shore apartment building.

The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, May 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Obama Presidential Center museum tickets now on sale as June opening approaches

May 6, 2026 at 6:58 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased through an online queue for dates through Nov. 30.

Then-Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino watches as agents detain a man they found painting a house in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood, Oct. 31, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Gregory Bovino finds a new mission in retirement: Trolling DHS

April 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Since retiring last month, former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino has found a new target for posts on X: his former employers in the Trump administration.

An image from body-worn camera video shows the moments leading up to the death of Officer Krystal Rivera, the Gresham (6th) District tactical officer fatally shot last year by her partner, Carlos Baker, in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. (COPA)

Harrowing video of Officer Krystal Rivera’s partner fatally shooting her during a foot chase is made public

April 17, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

The city on Friday released videos showing the fatal shooting of Officer Krystal Rivera, the tactical officer fatally shot last year by her partner in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

Karen Archer, front left, weeps while holding hands with the Rev. Shari Johnson as they lead a community walk in memory of their friend and neighbor, Barbara Deer, and her son Kaleb, in the 3500 block of West Arthington Street, April 15, 2026, in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood. Barbara and Kaleb were found dead from gunshots in their home on April 14. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Garfield Park neighbors and elected officials mourn wife and son of former Cook County commissioner

April 15, 2026 at 8:34 p.m.

Officials said the widow and son of former Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer died in a murder-suicide.

Five of the six Sorich siblings, Steve Sorich, clockwise from top left, Sandra Brown, Kris Sorich, Patti Parker and Sue Sabo, sit on the front porch of the Bridgeport home where they grew up, March 9, 2026. The home has been in their family for over 100 years. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Bridgeport family sells home after 116 years: ‘This house has known us, kept us, and loved us’

April 6, 2026 at 12:35 p.m.

Generations of the Slajchert family lived in the home for more than 100 years. Now the family is selling the property after the home’s last matriarch died last summer. She...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, looks at photos of Jose Medina and Sheridan Gorman during a press conference on March 25, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death

March 26, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for their remarks about her death.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton celebrates with supporters after her win in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on March 17, 2026, at CineCity Studios Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic nomination for US Senate

March 18, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

Two-term Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Chicago defeated a pair of experienced members of Congress in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, winning the party’s nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

Victor Jardon-Reyes, a DACA recipient, sits in his home in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on March 4, 2026. Jardon-Reyes' application for DACA renewal has been so delayed that he lost his job. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

DACA delays lead to lost jobs, less stability and anxiety over potential deportation under Donald Trump

March 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Without the renewal, DACA recipients are in danger of being placed in deportation proceedings.

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