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...

Marimar Martínez, with her attorney, Christopher Parente, pauses for a moment while describing what happened after she was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent last fall, during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Marimar Martinez testifies at Illinois commission: ‘I just acted like any human being’

By Olivia Olander

April 28, 2026 at 6:48 p.m.

Marimar Martínez testified at the final hearing of the Illinois Accountability Commission, which examined the...

A credit card is processed on a point-of-sale system at a restaurant in Chicago on June 21, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Federal government intervenes to block Illinois’ landmark credit card swipe fee as lawmakers weigh options

By Olivia Olander

April 28, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Federal order is the latest development in a nearly two-year fight between banks and retailers...

Resident Lisa Porter screams at federal agents and tells them to leave as they sit in their SUV along East Busse Avenue in Mount Prospect on Oct. 19, 2025. Porter and several neighbors and local patrollers were upset to see so many federal agents in their community searching on public and private property for a man agents claim is a dangerous criminal. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

baiduhai staff wins prestigious Batten Medal for Operation Midway Blitz coverage

By baiduhai

April 27, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

The baiduhai won the prestigious Batten Medal for public service Monday for its coverage...

Chicago police respond to West 26th Street and South Kedzie Avenue after a report of shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Nov. 8, 2025, in the Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Man pleads guilty to gun charge tied to shots fired near immigration agents in Little Village

By Jason Meisner

April 28, 2026 at 1:52 p.m.

An undocumented immigrant with a history of weapons convictions admitted Monday to firing shots "in...

Members of the Illinois Accountability Commission watch body camera footage of federal officers clashing violently with Evanston residents during testimony on the conduct of federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz, at the Michael Bilandic Building on April 27, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois commission in final stretch of hearings on Operation Midway Blitz as Katie Abraham’s mother testifies

By Olivia Olander

April 27, 2026 at 7:04 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker launched a commission to scrutinize federal immigration agents’ actions during the Trump...

Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, Nov. 8, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicagoans overwhelmingly oppose federal immigration raids and fear agents at polling places, Suffolk-Tribune poll finds

By Rick Pearson

April 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Three-quarters of city residents polled said they strongly or somewhat disapproved of last fall's Operation...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Appeals court rules that President Trump’s asylum ban at the border is illegal

By Michael Kunzelman

April 24, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at...

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke speaks during a news conference at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Dec. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Cook County state’s attorney has ‘political alliance’ with feds, attorneys seeking independent prosecutor argue

By Madeline Buckley

April 24, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

Eileen O'Neill Burke has a "political alliance" with federal law enforcement that has hindered her...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement seal is seen before a press conference discussing ongoing enforcement efforts to combat human smuggling along the Southwest border of the United States, July 22, 2014, at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C.. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/TNS/TNS)

ICE detainees in west Michigan refusing food to protest conditions, advocates say

By Melissa Nann Burke

April 24, 2026 at 9:58 a.m.

Detainees at the privately run ICE detention center in west Michigan have gone without food...

FILE – A poster showing the Trump Gold Card is seen as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

President Donald Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa starting at $1 million granted to just 1 person so far, White House says

By Jesse Bedayn

April 24, 2026 at 9:55 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary...