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...

Demonstrators march in the Loop during the No Kings rally March 28, 2026, in Chicago. The rally was one of several nationwide demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump’s administration. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Veterans, activists and septuagenarians gather in Grant Park for ‘No Kings’ rally to protest President Trump

By Rebecca Johnson

March 28, 2026 at 6:28 p.m.

In a city that served last fall as ground zero for the Trump administration's mass...

Travelers line up at a TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding

By Lisa Mascaro

March 27, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security...

Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman in an undated photo. (Family photo)

Judge keeps Loyola student shooting suspect jailed; lawyer says he was bused to Chicago from Texas

By Madeline Buckley

March 27, 2026 at 6:33 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Friday denied the release of a man accused of killing...

US appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond

By Audrey McAvoy

March 26, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday,...

A driver gets out of the “Abolish ICE” snowplow that won the naming contest, on March 25, 2026, at a Streets and Sanitation facility in the West Town neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago’s ‘Abolish ICE’ snowplow unveiled by Mayor Brandon Johnson as winner of annual contest

By Jake Sheridan

March 25, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

More than 9,000 people voted to rename one of six new Chicago snowplows "Abolish ICE"...

Terese Jackway, left, of Naperville, Lynne Sherman, of Lisle, and Lisa Yost, of Naperville, make signs during a "No Kings" protest sign-making event at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Naperville, March 16, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

At ‘No Kings’ protests, clergy and protesters of faith plan to rally against Donald Trump

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

March 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A diverse array of Chicago area religious leaders are gearing up to take part in...

The Village of Skokie has moved in recent weeks to discuss a new ordinance directing local law enforcement on how to respond to federal immigration actions, a proposal the Skokie Police Department expressed significant reservations about during the March 16 Committee of the Whole Meeting, March 16, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Skokie police express concern over ICE-related ordinance

By Claire Murphy

March 24, 2026 at 4:13 p.m.

Skokie police had concerns with a proposed village ordinance directing how they are to act...

An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policy

By Lindsay Whitehurst

March 24, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive...

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty speaks during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center on Aug. 14, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good

By Alanna Durkin Richer

March 24, 2026 at 2:16 p.m.

Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they...

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who was for a time the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, in Holtville, Calif., on March 19, 2026. Bovino’s actions left a trail of litigation and condemnations; even President Donald Trump distanced himself. As he officially retires, Bonino says does not think he went too far — he thinks he did not go far enough. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

Gregory Bovino reflects on final days with Border Patrol: ‘I wish I’d caught even more illegal aliens’

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

March 24, 2026 at 1:23 p.m.

Former Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino has a few regrets. But he does not think...