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...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, President Trump says

By Collin Binkley

March 21, 2026 at 6:08 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role...

Elgin police Officer Jason Lentz has been fired for a social media post in which he told ICE agents where to find undocumented immigrants in the Elgin area. (Elgin Police Department)

Elgin police officer fired for social media post targeting undocumented immigrants

By Gloria Casas

March 20, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

Elgin police Officer Jason Lentz has been fired for an inflammatory social media message he...

Mario Pena, an immigrant to Waukegan in 1971 who became a U.S. citizen in 1985, has helped 5,300 people become naturalized citizens and registered them to vote. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun)

Former Waukegan man being honored for helping immigrants: ‘He is an angel here on Earth’

By Steve Sadin

March 20, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

Pena will be recognized for his service to the community during a Fiestas Patrias event...

The honorary César Chavez street sign marks a stretch of South Blue Island Avenue on March 19, 2026, in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago schools, parks consider renaming César Chavez monuments after bombshell sexual abuse allegations

By Rebecca Johnson

March 19, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

The reaction to the César Chavez allegations was swift as leaders across the country, including...

FILE — Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, at the Federal Building in Los Angeles, Aug. 20, 2025. Bovino, the combative border official empowered by the Trump administration to run major immigration operations across the United States, plans to retire in the coming weeks, he told The New York Times on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

Gregory Bovino to retire from Border Patrol

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

March 18, 2026 at 8:46 a.m.

Gregory Bovino, the combative border official empowered by the Trump administration to run major immigration...

People yell at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and other agents while they stop at a gas station while conducting an immigration enforcement action, Dec. 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

How Gregory Bovino became a face of Donald Trump’s mass deportations and ended his career

By Elliot Spagat

April 28, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

Gregory Bovino, who became a face of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics in...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., arrives before Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin presents President Donald Trump with a bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Markwayne Mullin makes his case as a steady hand for DHS but faces Senate pushback over his temperament

By Rebecca Santana

March 18, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, appears before senators on Wednesday...

Then-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, center left, Joselyn Walsh, center 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)

Attorneys in ‘Broadview Six’ case say conspiracy charges violates First Amendment, has ‘chilling’ effect

By Jason Meisner

March 16, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

Lawyers in the case against immigration protesters in Broadview say it criminalizes First Amendment rights...

FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

As President Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

By Rebecca Santana

March 15, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

For all the boasting, the administration has been releasing less reliable, carefully vetted data than...

Victor Jardon-Reyes, a DACA recipient, sits in his home in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on March 4, 2026. Jardon-Reyes' application for DACA renewal has been so delayed that he lost his job. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

DACA delays lead to lost jobs, less stability and anxiety over potential deportation under Donald Trump

By Gregory Royal Pratt

March 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Without the renewal, DACA recipients are in danger of being placed in deportation proceedings.