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...

Julianna Rubio Slager, left, and Darissy Matias of Ballet 5:8 present a hosted workshop at William P. Nixon Elementary School in Chicago Oct. 14, 2025. (Karina Mora-Metts/Ballet 5:8)

Orland Park ballet company brings arts education to communities afraid of ICE

By Evy Lewis

April 24, 2026 at 9:35 a.m.

Orland Park-based Ballet 5:8 found a way to bring ballet to students when field trips...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a closed-door party meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department

By Mary Clare Jalonick

April 23, 2026 at 6:19 a.m.

The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of...

Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by an ICE agent, attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty)

‘Like I was disposable to him’: Marimar Martínez testifies at congressional committee hearing about Border Patrol shooting

By Madeline Buckley

April 22, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

Marimar Martínez, who has become a prominent voice against aggressive immigration enforcement since being shot...

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, a far southwest suburb of Chicago, on Oct. 7, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lawsuit over National Guard deployment in Illinois runs out of steam, judge dismisses it

By Jason Meisner

April 20, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

Six months after federal troops were preparing to deploy to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz,...

Members of the Florida National Guard pass by tourists on a sidewalk Friday April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington

By Gary Fields

April 20, 2026 at 8:34 a.m.

The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This...

FILE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds.

By Ryan J. Foley

April 17, 2026 at 6:28 a.m.

ICE applicants with questionable histories were either not fully vetted before they were brought on...

FILE – Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, listens during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, Homeland Security says

By Associated Press

April 16, 2026 at 9:09 p.m.

It was not immediately clear why Lyons was resigning, nor who would be replacing him.

Arnoldo Carrillo Jr. shows a photo of his father, Rosario Carrillo Lopez, who is being held after federal agents raided the family's home earlier this month. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Gary father signs plea deal for ICE confrontation on road

By Meredith Colias-Pete

April 16, 2026 at 12:12 p.m.

A Gary father formally admitted he damaged an ICE vehicle while trying to evade an...

The U.S. Capitol is photographed Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

House moving ahead on bill to protect Haitian immigrants, in slap back to Trump administration

By Lisa Mascaro

April 16, 2026 at 7:35 a.m.

In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend...

Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, left, and his attorney, Ricardo Meza, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse April 15, 2026, after a hearing for a plea deal for impeding a federal agent during Operation Midway Blitz in October. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Man pleads guilty to felony for striking Border Patrol vehicle, marking first Operation Midway Blitz conviction

By Jason Meisner

April 15, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge stemming from a traffic...