Nation Oct 31 ‘Inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility, advocates allege in new lawsuit Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have denied people being held at the Broadview facility private calls with attorneys and have blocked members of Congress, faith leaders and…
Politics Oct 29 Appeals court blocks judge’s order requiring daily briefings on Chicago immigration sweeps An appeals court intervened Wednesday and suddenly blocked an order that required Greg Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, to give unprecedented daily briefings to a judge about immigration sweeps in Chicago.
Politics Oct 28 Judge orders Border Patrol official Bovino to meet with her daily on Chicago immigration crackdown Greg Bovino, who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps in America’s big cities, got an earful from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis as soon as he settled into the witness chair in his green uniform.
Politics Oct 23 Judge blocks National Guard from Chicago indefinitely while awaiting Supreme Court decision National Guard troops won't be deploying in the Chicago area anytime soon unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes because a judge on Wednesday extended her temporary restraining order indefinitely.
Nation Oct 20 Official defends use of tear gas in Chicago and says agents on immigration sweeps have cameras A official says U.S. border agents assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have been given body cameras. A judge is holding a hearing Monday to learn more about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Politics Oct 16 Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says Federal Judge Sara Ellis says she was a "little startled" after seeing TV images of clashes between agents and the public during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown.
Nation Oct 15 Protesters on Chicago’s South Side are teargassed after high-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest As agents arrested the person, a crowd began to form and “crowd control methods were used,” DHS officials said.
Nation Oct 08 National Guard troops are now outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has accused President Donald Trump of using troops as “political props” and “pawns,” and said he didn’t get a heads-up from Washington about their deployment.
Politics Oct 07 Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers Gov. JB Pritzker says some Guard troops from Illinois were to be federalized and deployed to Chicago with others from Texas.
Politics Oct 06 Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city.