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Surprise ICE check-in texts strike fear in Chicago immigrant communities
Chicago organizers have been working to try to protect undocumented immigrants who have been subject to surprise ICE ...
‘Chicago Is Next’: Team Trump Plots Another Militarized Crackdown
Donald Trump is targeting big cities like Chicago, led by Mayor Brandon Johnson, for the next phase of his mass-deportation agenda.
Pritzker blasts ‘ill-conceived mission' as Trump orders more Chicago ICE raids
A day after President Donald Trump directed officials to prioritize deportations from large cities, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker hammered the idea.
Online applications for CityKey ID, program used by immigrants, paused after ICE subpoenas city
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's city clerk is now pausing online applications for the CityKey after immigration agents issued a subpoena for information about people using the program. Launched in 2017, ...
Chicago mayor calls ICE raids ‘terrorism,’ says Trump’s America appears as 'if the Confederacy won'
Mayor Brandon Johnson demands House Speaker Mike Johnson speak up against what he calls immigration enforcement "terrorism" ...
After ICE subpoena, online applications for Chicago ID program paused
Online applications for Chicago’s municipal ID program are on hold after the city clerk’s office received a subpoena from ICE ...
Woman, 66, injured in hit-and-run during Chicago anti-ICE rally upset she can't attend Saturday mass protest
Heather Blair, 66, suffered a broken arm when a driver crashed into her Tuesday in the Loop. Blair said she's disappointed ...
Trump sending ICE tactical teams to Chicago, city officials confirm
City officials confirmed reports that President Trump is sending ICE tactical teams to Chicago, the same move that sparked ...
ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.