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Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks after signing an executive order restricting federal immigration actions from designated areas on Oct. 6, 2025, at the Westside Justice Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says federal agents who break city law should be charged with crime

October 7, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

Johnson called for criminal charges Tuesday against federal agents who violate his new executive order banning them from using city land to carry out their deportation operations.

Members of the Texas National Guard arrive Oct. 7, 2025, at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

October 7, 2025 at 6:57 p.m.

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as "political props" in Chicago.

Mayor Brandon Johnson holds a signed executive order restricting federal immigration actions from designated areas in the city Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, at the Westside Justice Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for ‘dramatic’ response ahead of imminent National Guard deployment

October 6, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson told Chicagoans to stand together against the White House's threats of a military occupation, which he dubbed "the war on Chicago."

Federal officers detain a person while community members and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Woman shot by immigration agents in Brighton Park one of two charged as state leaders take to airwaves to blame Trump for escalation

October 6, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

A woman and man are charged with assault for allegedly ramming their vehicle into a car carrying federal immigration agents on Chicago's Southwest Side on Saturday, prompting one of the...

Elizabeth Ruiz pleads with a U.S. Border Patrol agent for information about her son Anthony Ruiz as she is moved back behind police tape. Anthony Ruiz was detained as federal immigration agents conduct an investigation in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025 (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)

Federal agents shoot Chicago woman they accuse of ‘boxing in’ vehicle in Brighton Park

October 4, 2025 at 8:22 p.m.

Federal authorities shot a Chicago activist in Brighton Park on Saturday, but accounts differ on what happened before agents fired their guns.

In an image taken from video, a federal immigration agent throws gas canisters into the street near Rico Fresh Market in the 3500 block of West Armitage Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 3, 2025. (Andrew Denton)

Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street

October 4, 2025 at 11:26 a.m.

The deployment of smoke canisters — some witnesses described it as tear gas — came as tensions boiled over on the city’s Northwest Side Friday afternoon.

Illinois State Police troopers detain a protester who refused to back up as a vehicle passed along Harvard Street near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Oct. 3, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Arrests made at ICE facility in Broadview as feds put on show of strength

October 3, 2025 at 6:38 p.m.

Federal agents confronted hundreds of protesters for the fourth week straight outside the Broadview U.S. Immigration and Customs processing center.

President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty)

Pritzker likens Trump to Putin for suggesting military use Chicago, other ‘dangerous cities’ as training grounds

September 30, 2025 at 6:16 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s comments came after Trump told top military brass on Tuesday that American cities run by Democrats should serve as “training grounds” for troops.

Gov. JB Pritzker, center, and state and local leaders hold a news conference on Sept. 29, 2025, to discuss possible federal military deployments to Illinois. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Pritzker: Feds seeking to deploy military to Illinois to protect ICE agents

September 29, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he had received a report that federal officials are seeking to deploy troops to Illinois in support of President Donald Trump's surge in immigration...

A protester talks to U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Newberry Library in Chicago’s Gold Coast on Sept. 28, 2025, after they walked through downtown as part of an immigration blitz show of force. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois leaders rip ‘public relations stunt’ day after Border Patrol agents patrolled busy Chicago streets

September 29, 2025 at 6:38 p.m.

Governor, mayor and Chicago's two downtown aldermen criticized the patrolling of federal immigration agents through much of the area on Sunday, saying it was a performative stunt.

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