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...

An image from the Facebook page of the Hanover Park Police Department shows Radule Bojovic, center. (Hanover Park Police Department)

Former Hanover Park officer arrested by ICE remains off the job despite government reinstating work authorization

By Tess Kenny

April 2, 2026 at 4:06 p.m.

The federal government has quietly reinstated the work authorization of Radule Bojovic, the former Hanover...

Students from Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso walk out of classes on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, to protest the Trump administration. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Following their peers, Valparaiso middle schoolers protest ICE with walkout

By Doug Ross

April 1, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

About 20 Thomas Jefferson Middle School students walked out of class Wednesday afternoon, carrying signs...

President Donald Trump's motorcade arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Trump’s birthright citizenship limits as he attends arguments

By Mark Sherman

April 1, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential...

Sister Bernadette Eaton, of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, holds a crucifix outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge orders Trump administration to allow clergy access at Broadview immigration facility for Easter holy days

By Madeline Buckley

March 31, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

A federal judge on Tuesday allowed clergy members from the Chicago area to minister to...

Border Patrol agents detain a man along West 26th Street on Nov. 8, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Operation Midway Blitz in numbers: Roughly 3,800 detained, and 2,500 deported, most with no criminal record

By Joe Mahr

March 31, 2026 at 5:23 p.m.

New data from Operation Midway Blitz offers some surprising, and some expected, revelations on those...

Then-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, second from left, Joselyn Walsh, right, and Andre Martin, center, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Feds say White House communications in ‘Broadview Six’ case do not exist, blast claims of undue influence

By Jason Meisner

March 31, 2026 at 1:57 p.m.

Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Monday that conspiracy charges in the "Broadview Six"...

Kevin McVey stands outside the building at 55 E. Monroe St. where immigration court is held after observing morning proceedings on March 23, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Immigration court observers — and their oversight — routinely locked out of process

By Caroline Kubzansky

March 30, 2026 at 12:20 p.m.

Legal observers are being digitally shut out of immigration court hearings at a moment of...

More than 100 students walked out of classes to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Valparaiso High School on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Thomas Jefferson Middle School students plan a walkout on April 1. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Thomas Jefferson Middle School students plan Valparaiso walkout

By Doug Ross

March 29, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School students in Valparaiso plan a walkout April 1 to protest the...

Federal agents bring a detainee into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview, Oct. 18, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Illinois House poised to consider a ban on new ICE detention centers near homes, schools and parks

By Jeremy Gorner

March 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The bill from House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch cleared committee on an 8-3 party-line vote...

Linda Benka reacts to cars honking their horns in support as she and her sister Nancy Klaja joined more than 1,000 people for the No Kings 3.0 protest along Lincolnway in downtown Valparaiso, Indiana, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Both women live in Hobart. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘Freedom is part of who we are’: 1,000+ join Valparaiso ‘No Kings’ protest

By Maya Wilkins

March 28, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Protestors lined sidewalks in downtown Valparaiso for the third "No Kings" demonstration from 11 a.m....