Immigration news in Chicago

"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)

‘Broadview Six’ judge requests US attorney’s office communications, including Boutros email

By Jason Meisner

October 9, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

The federal judge considering potential sanctions in the controversial "Broadview Six" made her first formal...

Goats graze along the Pecos river near it’s confluence with the Rio Grande river at the border with Mexico, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, near Comstock, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

How Texas landowners are fighting back against Donald Trump’s border wall

By Rebecca Santana

October 9, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

The message from the Trump administration has been clear: It is moving ahead with a...

Jorge Villegas holds a framed portrait of his brother Silverio Villegas González during a procession honoring his memory in Irimbo, Michoacán on Oct. 1, 2025. His sister Graciela Villegas, right, walks next to him. A procession honoring Silverio Villegas González and other immigrants in the United States took place in his hometown of Irimbo, Michoacán on Oct 1, 2025. (Fernando Espinal Moreno)

Family of Mexican father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park files claim against federal government

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 8, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

Just a year after Silverio Villegas González was fatally shot by an immigration enforcement agent...

Ricardo Hernández-Navarrete, 18, and his mother, Martha Liliana Navarrete, were detained by ICE agents at a routine immigration court check-in in March. Hernández-Navarrete is a Chicago Public Schools high school senior and a soccer player who was expecting to play at Truman College in the fall. (Kristy Morrow)

Judge orders mother of CPS student to be released from ICE custody

By Gregory Royal Pratt

May 26, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that ICE must release the mother of a Chicago Public...

Ald. Anthony Quezada, 35th, left, embraces colleague Ald. Jessie Fuentes, 26th, on Oct. 3, 2025, outside Humboldt Park Health hospital in Chicago after Fuentes was handcuffed and then released by federal agents in the emergency room. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Ald. Jessie Fuentes sues feds for $100K, alleging agents shoved and detained her during immigration raids

By Tess Kenny

May 19, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Ald. Jesse Fuentes, 26th, is suing the federal government for up to $100,000, alleging federal...

Kat Abughazaleh, second from left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Judge to review grand jury transcripts as ‘Broadview Six’ trial set to kick off next week

By Jason Meisner

May 18, 2026 at 5:35 p.m.

A federal judge on Monday said she will review unredacted grand jury transcripts in the...

ICE detains Chicago Public Schools senior and his mother: ‘We had done everything by the rules’

By Gregory Royal Pratt

May 18, 2026 at 11:12 a.m.

In March, ICE detained Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete, 18, a Mather High School senior, and his mother...

Melissa Clark, left, and fellow wine enthusiasts write postcards to members of Congress during a postcard-writing campaign to protest current presidential policies and executive orders, at Deep Red Wine Merchant, 2901 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, on May 12, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago restaurants and bars become spaces for political protesting: ‘Everyone’s experiencing some level of rage’

By Zareen Syed

May 18, 2026 at 3:07 p.m.

Chicago’s local hospitality scene has become a central front in resistance against ramped-up federal immigration...

A chair is seen outside a hotel room where a Colombian woman was deported to from the United States, in Kinshasa, Congo, Saturday, May 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Latin American nationals deported by the US to Congo face an uncertain future

By Mark Banchereau

May 15, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

The Associated Press spoke with Latin Americans that were deported to Congo under the Trump...

A pile of furniture is piled in a public housing subdivision in Port Isabel, Texas, on April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing

By Valerie Gonzalez

May 15, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

Advocates estimate up to 80,000 people would be kicked out of their homes nationwide under...

FILE – Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks speaks to reporters during the visit to the US-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sunland Park, N.M., Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks announces his resignation

By Gisela Salomon

May 14, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

The head of U.S. Border Patrol announced his resignation Thursday.

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

By Allison Kiehl

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

The rising chance of arrest, job loss and deportation for 'Dreamers' was the focus of...

David Venturella of the GEO Group details the project and investment that would be made in opening a detention facility in Gary in this 2016 file photo. (Jim Karczewski/Post-Tribune)

New acting ICE chief once touted GEO prison project in Gary

By Carole Carlson

May 13, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

The man who headed the 2016 ill-fated effort to bring an $80 million, 800-bed immigration...