Immigration
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.
Un video de la cámara corporal parece contradecir la afirmación del gobierno de que Marimar Martínez, de 30 años de edad, manejó hacia los agentes antes de que uno de ellos abriera fuego contra ella el sábado por la mañana en Brighton Park, según afirmó su abogado. Un juez ordenó la liberación de Martínez y de un coacusado a la espera del juicio.
The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.
One mental health expert offers tips on how to cope with the stress of immigration operations in the Chicago region.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged.
Members of Congress say they will reintroduce the Wadee Resolution to protect immigrant and refugee children. It’s named for Wadee Alfayoumi, who was fatally stabbed in October 2023 in suburban Plainfield in an anti-Muslim hate crime.
Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building Wednesday morning, arrested 37 people and left behind cracked windows and broken doors. Lawmakers seek a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.
Snelling said his officers were on the scene Saturday and will continue to respond to feds’ requests for help: “This is still our city, and we still have a responsibility to maintain safety and calm in our city.”
The Rev. Gary Graf, 67, pastor of Our Lady of the Heights in Chicago Heights, said he’s on a walk to mobilize Americans toward compassion.
The feds leveled the charges as the Trump administration argues immigration agents are in danger and in need of protection.
Democrats on the Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on the Judiciary joined Illinois Democrats Reps. Delia Ramirez and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Monday in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that demanded answers about the raid they called a “violent, heavy-handed immigration enforcement operation.”
It’s the latest of three executive orders that Johnson has signed, all aimed at the deportation campaign that President Donald Trump has imposed in the Chicago area. How and whether they’ll actually be enforced is another question.
A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.
The Trump administration sought to deploy California and Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, but a judge blocked it Saturday. The White House sought to send Texas National Guard to Illinois and Oregon. But a judge’s order blocks any troops from any state being sent to Oregon.
Officials confirmed 300 troops from Illinois and another 400 troops from Texas are being mobilized to go to Chicago, Portland and other locations. The troops will be stationed “in places where there are violent demonstrations in the state, or where they’re likely to occur based on current threat assessments,” a Pentagon memo says.
Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian “convoy” that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other tactics of federal agents.
Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down.
The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were “rammed by 10 cars,” according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, which has yet to be verified. In the protests that followed, agents used tear gas and pepper balls.
DHS put up an 8-foot fence outside a federal detention center following clashes between agents and protesters. But village officials said the fence, which extends across Beach Street, was placed “illegally” and without a permit and impedes emergency response.
President Donald Trump’s move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
The governor said Friday that two state agencies will contact families and children impacted by the raid to gather more information and hold federal agents accountable if allegations of abuse or neglect emerge.