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U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez calls for the release of Ruben Torres Maldonado during a news conference Oct. 22, 2025, at the Northwest Center in Chicago. Torres was detained by ICE agents on Oct. 18 at a Niles Home Depot. He is a father of two children, including 16-year-old Ofelia, who is in treatment for Stage 4 cancer. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Elected officials, community leaders plead for ICE to release Chicago father of daughter with Stage 4 cancer

October 22, 2025 at 2:58 p.m.

Ruben Torres Maldonado, a Portage Park man, was detained by federal immigration agents Saturday while his 16-year-old daughter is undergoing cancer treatment.

Ofelia Torres, 16, left, and her mother, Sandibell Hidalgo, 40, at their home on Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. Torres' father and Hidalgo's husband, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over the weekend. Ofelia Torres was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma cancer in December 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’

October 21, 2025 at 8:04 p.m.

Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children's Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.

Immigrant rights activists, including Alex Garduno, right, protest outside the Swap-O-Rama flea market in Chicago on Oct. 17, 2025, a day after about 13 were arrested by federal agents. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Federal immigration agents raid Swap-O-Rama, patrol Southwest Side: ‘It’s us against y’all’

October 17, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

A battery of armed agents covering their faces entered the open-air shopping staple of the Back of the Yards neighborhood Thursday morning. DHS said it arrested 13 people in the...

Mayor Brandon Johnson talks with budget director Annette Guzman while senior adviser Jason Lee takes a phone call between meetings with lawmakers on April 30, 2025, in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson rejects IG recommendation he fire top adviser

October 15, 2025 at 4:42 p.m.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg aimed to determined whether Jason Lee "conditioned critical City services upon an alderperson’s support" for legislation backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Rueben Antonio Cruz talks with people from the neighborhood after he was ticketed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for not having his resident status paperwork with him near the intersection of North Clark Street and Lunt Avenue in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on Oct. 9, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

What to do if ICE stops you

October 14, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

U.S. citizens are not required to carry identification with them, but legal experts say some might consider carrying their passport or a copy of it for faster proof of identity.

Rueben Antonio Cruz shows a $130 ticket given to him by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for not having his proof of permanent resident registration with him near the intersection of North Clark Street and West Lunt Avenue in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, Oct. 9, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

October 13, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

Musicians play instruments and sing in the protest area a block from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility on Oct. 10, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Protesters return to Broadview on Friday after judge temporarily blocks National Guard

October 10, 2025 at 7:56 p.m.

Protesters returned to Broadview on Friday, but it's unclear where the Texas National Guard will be after a federal judge blocked their deployment in Illinois.

Texas National Guard members walk outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Oct. 9, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

National Guard ‘employed’ in the greater Chicago area — including Broadview — but no ‘official reports’ of activity

October 9, 2025 at 7:06 p.m.

National Guard troops were “employed” in the Chicago area early Thursday, according to a U.S. official, and Broadview officials said that apparently included a deployment to their village.

Standing in the rain near a reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement staging area, dozens of activists, elected officials and supporters hold, protest the ICE presence on the Southwest Side, at a news conference, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago, Oct. 7, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Back of the Yards activists call on shopping plaza to block ICE operations on their property

October 7, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

Activists said they have seen federal immigration agents repeatedly use the shopping center at 46th Street and Damen Avenue for staging, sometimes as early as 6 a.m.

Chicago police will respond to federal calls for help, Larry Snelling says, and denies cops were ordered to stand down

October 6, 2025 at 5:35 p.m.

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Monday said CPD would respond to any call of a crime being committed following uproar over his department’s role in the aftermath of two...

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