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Mauro Navarro, of Carpentersville, leafs through a Temporary Protected Status pamphlet while meeting with other Salvadorans at Centro Romero in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2018.

Salvadorans and other ‘temporary’ immigrants weigh what’s next after the U.S. withdraws welcome mat

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

More than two decades after he fled civil war in his native El Salvador, Mauro Navarro doesn’t want to give up on his claim to the American Dream. Navarro, 45,...

Wendy and Oscar Robles speak to the group gathered about their support of DACA. Oscar is someone who is threatened with deportation and has to go back for another interview in June. Several dozen faith activists gathered at Willow church in Chicago and marched to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Congress Parkway on March 5, 2018, to show their solidarity with undocumented people.

Local ‘Dreamers’ remain in limbo after Trump’s March 5 deadline

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

As Monday’s deadline came and went for Congress to find a legislative solution for young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children, advocates say the delay has put...

The victim's father, James Smith, center, comforts his granddaughter at the scene of the murder on Riverdale Ave. on Chicago's far south side on March, 4, 2018.

Man, 38, found shot to death in vehicle on Far South Side

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A man who was found shot to death in a vehicle on the Far South Side early Sunday morning was visiting from Iowa, where he moved to escape neighborhood violence,...

Attorney Chris Bergin speaks with Esperanza Perez, mother of Miguel Perez Jr., a veteran facing deportation to Mexico, following a citizenship interview for his client outside of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Chicago on March 15, 2018.

Army veteran on a hunger strike who faces deportation no longer in solitary confinement

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

After he spent days in solitary confinement, immigration officials moved a U.S. Army veteran and green card holder to the general population at an ICE detention center in Kankakee to...

Green card-holding veteran facing deportation moved to detention facility as family lashes out

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A U.S. Army veteran and green card holder who is in the midst of deportation proceedings was moved to a detention facility in Kankakee on Tuesday, federal officials said. The...

Man shot, killed Dolton man he met on dating app: prosecutors

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A Markham man shot and killed a man during an argument this month at the victim’s Dolton home after the two men met on a popular dating app, prosecutors said...

Alsip man charged with killing man in Far South Side park

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

An Alsip man fatally shot a man who was walking in a Far South Side park with a friend Thursday afternoon, then stood over him and kicked him before walking...

Firefighters battled a blaze on third floor and a room above the third floor of a three story building in the 4300 block of S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Chicago, Feb. 21, 2018.

Mayday called after firefighter overcome by smoke at South Side apartment fire

May 23, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

A mayday call was issued after a Chicago fire captain got separated from his company and was overcome by smoke at a South Side apartment fire Wednesday in the Bronzeville...

Rev. Gary Graf of St. Procopius Catholic Church in Chicago talks on Tuesday about his decision to go on a hunger strike on behalf of DACA recipients.

Religious leaders hold Lenten fast in support of ‘Dreamers’

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Leaders from the Archdiocese of Chicago will fast in solidarity with a Pilsen-based priest who began a hunger strike for immigration reform and local “Dreamers” in mid-January. The Rev. Gary...

Chicago businessman dies in Wyoming snowmobile crash

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

A Chicago business leader died Friday while traveling in Wyoming, according to one of his business partners and local media. Justin Heyman, a partner in Chicago-based private equity firm Acuity...

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