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...

Senn High School student Kristina Williams, 16, cries during the walkout and protest against federal immigration enforcement, Feb. 13, 2026, in Chicago’s Daley Plaza. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Hundreds of Chicago students join national school walkout at Federal Plaza

By Laura Turbay

February 14, 2026 at 12:21 p.m.

Hundreds of Chicago students left their classrooms Friday afternoon to gather in Federal Plaza to...

Journalist Don Lemon enters the courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest

By Steve Karnowski

February 13, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown

By Meg Kinnard

February 14, 2026 at 10:49 a.m.

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired on Saturday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, during the Senate Republican policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb., 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

By Mary Clare Jalonick

February 12, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Democrats said the White House offer, which was not made public, did not include sufficient...

The town's seal adorns the athletic courts at the Dean & Barbara White Community Center on Broadway in Merrillville. (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune)

Opus sends letter denying Merrillville ICE facility deal

By Michelle L. Quinn

February 12, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

Merrillville officials hope a letter denying the existence of a Department of Homeland Security contract...

Portage High School students hold up signs and chant during an anti-ICE walkout on the school's football field on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Students lead walkouts at three Northwest Indiana high schools to protest ICE

By Doug Ross

February 12, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

Hundreds of students in Portage, Griffith and Munster held walkouts Thursday to voice their opposition...

White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Border czar says Minnesota immigration crackdown is over, after angry protests and 2 fatal shootings

By Steve Karnowski

February 12, 2026 at 6:40 p.m.

The Trump administration is ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday of the two-month...

FILE – Observers film while federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics, AP-NORC poll shows

By Steve Peoples

February 12, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in...

Juan Espinoza Martinez with his three U.S.-born children. Espinoza Martinez is facing deportation despite a jury finding him not guilty of putting a bounty on Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino during Operation Midway Blitz. (Family photo)

Immigration judge denies bond for Chicago man acquitted in Bovino murder-for-hire plot

By Jason Meisner

February 11, 2026 at 5:49 p.m.

An immigration judge on Wednesday denied bond to a Chicago man acquitted last month of...

Indiana Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, speaks in the Senate chamber in Indianapolis on April 23, 2025. (AJ Mast/AP)

Indiana House amends immigration bill extending to local, state police

By Alexandra Kukulka

February 11, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

An Indiana immigration bill allowing local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws and...