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...

People install a memorial for Silverio Villegas González on Sept. 15, 2025, in Franklin Park. Villegas González was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Cook County state’s attorney hits back on ‘heavy-handed’ petition for Operation Midway Blitz outside prosecutor

By Madeline Buckley

March 24, 2026 at 12:12 p.m.

The Cook County state's attorney's office on Tuesday hit back at an effort to appoint...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security as TSA standoff deepens

By Rebecca Santana

March 23, 2026 at 7:43 p.m.

The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary late Monday, approving President Donald Trump’s...

Rev. Jason Coulter of the First Congregational Church of Evanston speaks out in protest at Sherman Plaza on March 20, 2026 to denounce the expansion of immigration detainment centers. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Clergy protest proposed ICE detention center with ties to Evanston: ‘No profiting from pain’

By Claire Murphy

March 23, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

Clergy protested at Evanston's Sherman Plaza opposing Highlands REIT's hopes to convert Colorado prison to...

People hold a variety of signs at the intersection of Cossitt Avenue and La Grange Road Saturday, Oct. 18, during a No Kings rally in La Grange. Another No Kings protest is planned for Saturday in Western Springs and elsewhere. (Steve Metsch/Pioneer Press)

‘No Kings 3’ expected to draw crowds to Western Springs to protest Donald Trump administration

By Steve Metsch

March 26, 2026 at 10:59 a.m.

For No Kings 3, people will line a street in Western Springs on March 28...

A passenger looks at two masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who stand just inside a passenger exit area in Terminal 1 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on March 23, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as TSA goes without pay amid partial shutdown

By Talia Soglin

March 23, 2026 at 5:33 p.m.

At O'Hare, travelers have not seen significant delays, and security lines were not long and...

A federal immigration agent is seen as people wait in a TSA line at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

March 23, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump...

An image from the Facebook page of the Hanover Park Police Department shows Radule Bojovic, center, with the description: "Congratulations, Officer Bojovic!" (Hanover Park Police Department)

Judge temporarily bars government from revoking work authorization of former Hanover Park cop arrested by ICE

By Tess Kenny

March 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deprive, for the time being at...

Flowers are seen on the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park as people fish on March 21, 2026. Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman was fatally shot there Thursday. Chicago police have arrested a 25-year-old Rogers Park man in connection with the shooting. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Man charged in Loyola student’s shooting as ICE lodges arrest detainer

By Adriana Pérez

March 23, 2026 at 9:52 a.m.

Loyola student Sheridan Gorman, 18, was fatally shot on the Loyola Beach Pier.

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

March 23, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with...

Artist Pablo Serrano stands by a new painting March 10, 2026, in his Pilsen studio. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Locals with birthright citizenship hope the practice prevails as Supreme Court to weigh in

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

March 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case Trump v. Barbara are slated to begin April...