Chicago

Trump calls for jailing Illinois governor and Chicago mayor

By Associated Press

It wasn’t immediately clear what President Donald Trump was specifically objecting to with his post, but it was the latest example of his brazen calls for his opponents to be prosecuted or locked up, a break from longtime norms.

Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

Gov. JB Pritzker says some Guard troops from Illinois were to be federalized and deployed to Chicago with others from Texas.

Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

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.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.

Where things stand with federal law enforcement in Chicago and Portland

By Associated Press

Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Donald Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities.

Chicago and Illinois sue to block Trump’s Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

In Chicago, the sight of armed Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous landmarks amplified concerns from residents already uneasy after an immigration crackdown that began last month.

Trump to withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects amid shutdown battle

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city’s Red Line train. White House budget director Russ Vought wrote on social media Friday that the money was “put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.”…

A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

In line with church teachings that discourage premarital sex and birth control, many Catholic colleges restrict access to contraceptives on campus.

Illinois governor says troops could be deployed to Chicago as immigration agents patrol downtown

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration's growing federal intervention across U.S. cities.

More than 400 arrests made so far in Chicago area enforcement operation, top ICE official says

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.