Immigration news in Chicago

FILE – A Morehouse College student lines up before the school commencement, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US

By Annie Ma

October 7, 2026 at 10:24 a.m.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking...

Nelson County, Ky., jailer Justin Hall shows an electric shock glove that is used at his facility, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Bardstown, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear

By Ryan J. Foley

October 6, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

By RYAN J. FOLEY The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees...

Marimar Martinez, center, listens while her attorney Chris Parente, left, speaks, Oct. 5, 2026, at his Chicago office about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lawyers for Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent call for criminal charges

By Jason Meisner

October 5, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Attorneys for Marimar Martinez, shot by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last...

The town's seal adorns the athletic courts at the Dean & Barbara White Community Center on Broadway in Merrillville. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Merrillville delays rescinding ICE opposition resolution

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 16, 2026 at 12:22 p.m.

The Merrillville Town Council at its Tuesday night meeting voted unanimously to table a resolution...

Alfonso Seiva, center, holds a protest sign created by artist and activist Liliana Medina, right, as demonstrators and area residents gather in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood to pray on July 15, 2026, for people killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the past year. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

ICE enforcement escalates in Chicago with at least 4 vehicle encounters reported this week

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

July 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This week, rapid response teams have documented at least four encounters in which federal agents...

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Trump says ICE should continue traffic stops after recent shootings

By Rebecca Santana

July 15, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after recent fatal...

FILE – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Man fleeing immigration officers in Florida is struck and killed by tractor trailer, police say

By Gene Johnson

July 14, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

It was the third death in about a week involving encounters with ICE agents, following...

Agents within Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE division responsible for arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants, have been directed to pause initiating vehicle stops, a source told CNN. The agents can work with partner agencies to conduct a stop when executing a criminal warrant involving someone in a vehicle. (ADAM GRAY/AP FILE)

Report: ICE suspends most vehicle stops after fatal officer-involved shootings

By Alexx Altman Devilbiss

July 14, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to largely suspend vehicle stops until...

This image taken from video provided by WMTW shows police and FBI agents on the scene after a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. (WMTW via AP)

ICE agent shoots and kills motorist in Maine, Sen. Angus King says

By Patrick Whittle

July 13, 2026 at 1:48 p.m.

A federal immigration agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time...

FILE – A woman walks by posters of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during a solidarity bike ride for Pretti, Jan. 31, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Minnesota prosecutors obtain long withheld evidence in investigation into protest shooting deaths

By Rebecca Boone

July 13, 2026 at 12:34 p.m.

Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained key evidence in their ongoing investigations into...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a lunch in the White House Rose Garden, Monday, July 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US

By Fatima Hussein

July 13, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

The newest warning is one of several measures the Trump administration has taken to discourage...

Following earlier ICE presence and a reported arrest, activist Rachel Cohen warns people outside the domestic violence courthouse at 555 W. Harrison St. in Chicago on Sept. 3, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Immigration arrests near county courthouses still persist, despite state law

By Madeline Buckley

July 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The presence of immigration agents around Cook County courthouses remains stubbornly persistent.

South Bend resident Sendy Siregar Chanthanongsy, on left, laughs with her husband, Sil, after being sworn in as an American citizen during a ceremony at the Hammond federal courthouse on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Five new US citizens welcomed in Hammond ceremony

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 11, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Five women took their oaths to become U.S. citizens at the Federal Courthouse in Hammond...