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Photo caption: Eduardo Orozco, hijo del demandante Abel Orozco, habla sobre la detención de su padre por parte del ICE durante una conferencia de prensa en el Centro Nacional de Justicia para Inmigrantes en Chicago el 17 de marzo de 2025. (Antonio Pérez/baiduhai)

Un padre de Chicago se convierte en el rostro de una demanda contra el ICE mientras un juez escucha una impugnación a los arrestos sin orden judicial

July 30, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.

Abel Orozco llegaba a casa después de comprar tamales para su familia, como hacía la mayoría de los fines de semana desde hacía 30 años. Desayunaban y se dirigían a...

La pastora Julie Contreras abraza a Xally Morales, de 13 años, el 2 de julio de 2025, al salir ella y su familia del Santuario United Giving Hope en Waukegan. La familia de Xally recibió cartas del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional informándoles que su permiso humanitario ha sido revocado y que deben abandonar el país de inmediato. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Niños del área de Chicago reciben cartas de deportación: ‘Váyanse o el gobierno federal los encontrará’

July 23, 2025 at 5:53 p.m.

Xally Morales, de 13 años, miraba sin comprender una carta que recibió el mes pasado del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional. No podía leer las docenas de líneas en inglés dirigidas...

Pastor Julie Contreras hugs Xally Morales, 13, on July 2, 2025, as she and her family leave United Giving Hope Sanctuary in Waukegan. Xally's family received letters from the Department of Homeland Security informing them that their humanitarian parole has been revoked and they must leave the country immediately. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago-area children get deportation letters: Leave or ‘the federal government will find you’

July 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Immigration advocates warn that a growing number of children are now receiving letters from DHS ending their humanitarian parole.

Eduardo Orozco, son of plaintiff Abel Orozco, speaks about ICE detaining his father during a news conference at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago on March 17, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago father becomes face of lawsuit against ICE as judge hears challenge to warrantless arrests

July 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

ICE agents arrested Abel Orozco, 47, outside his home in suburban Lyons without a federal warrant. Now, nearly six months later, he is still detained.

Dion Wallace and his 10-year-old son stand outside a relative's home in Round Lake on July 9, 2025. Prosecutors say the boy's mother, Wendy Tolbert, stabbed him with a knife on the arm, fatally stabbed his brother, 4, and critically injured their stepsister, 13, before setting their apartment on fire in the 3600 block of West Palmer Street on July 4. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Family left broken after mother allegedly killed her 4-year-old son in Logan Square during an emotional collapse: ‘I know she loved him’

July 10, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.

Wendy Tolbert deeply loved her three children and dedicated her life to them, with dreams for their future, said her ex-husband, Dion Wallace, the father of the children.

Following her kindergarten graduation, Gabriela Pineda, 6, swings outside her home in Chicago on June 11, 2025. Pineda's mother, Wendy Sarai Pineda, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 4, 2025, and is now in a detention center in Kentucky, awaiting deportation to Honduras. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

ICE took her mother. Now, a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or legal path back to reunite in Honduras.

June 22, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

On June 4, her mother was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside an office in downtown Chicago during what was supposed to be a routine check-in.

Illinois U.S. Reps. Danny Davis, Jesús “Chuy” Garcia, Delia Ramirez and Jonathan Jackson show their identification to a security camera as they attempt entry to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview on June 18, 2025. They was told they needed to make a request first with ICE. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘What are they hiding?’: Illinois Democrats denied entry into ICE processing center in visit Wednesday

September 16, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

The group's visit is the latest effort by Democrats to push back against President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration tactics.

Protesters hang a banner and blockade a vehicle entrance to immigration court at 55 E. Monroe St. in the Loop on June 17, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ICE field director defends agents after ramped-up enforcement, arrests of US citizens at Chicago immigration court protest

June 18, 2025 at 6:19 a.m.

The head of Chicago’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Tuesday defended the conduct and decorum of federal agents who have ramped up arrests of undocumented immigrants.

A protester chants while marching down Michigan Avenue in Chicago during a protest against ICE on June 12, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Chicagoans continue protests against Trump and ICE Thursday as demonstrators rally across US

June 13, 2025 at 11:49 a.m.

Protests over ICE raids continued Thursday in Chicago, part of the demonstrations across the country against President Donald Trump.

Miembros del Ballet Folklórico de Chicago se presentan sobre el dugout antes del juego de los Medias Blandas contra los Reales en la Noche de la Herencia Mexicana en el Rate Field el 6 de junio de 2025, en Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Columna: Orgullo y comunidad en el partido de la Noche de la Herencia Mexicana de los Medias Blancas de Chicago en medio de la represión migratoria

June 10, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

Hay pocas cosas más americanas que el béisbol. Pero en la reciente Noche de la Herencia Mexicana del viernes en el Rate Field, fue algo más estratificado, más desafiante y...

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