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Activists march on West Cermak Road in the Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, in Chicago to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juárez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago responds to President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration raids with protests. Here’s what we know.

June 10, 2025 at 7:41 a.m.

Chicago is responding to President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration raids with protests. Here's what we know with two more planned.

Members of Ballet Folklórico de Chicago perform above the dugout before a White Sox-Royals game on Mexican Heritage Night at Rate Field on June 6, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Column: Pride and community at Chicago White Sox’s Mexican Heritage Night game amid immigration crackdowns

June 9, 2025 at 8:53 a.m.

Heightened immigration tensions in the city's Mexican community did not stop the proud masses from showing up to Friday's Mexican Heritage Night.

Community members and immigrant rights advocates gather outside the Broadview Immigration Processing Center on June 6, 2025, to demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chaves Pinedea. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Immigrant advocates, elected officials call for release of Chicago mother detained by ICE

June 6, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

She was one of an estimated 20 people were rounded up during surprise check-ins at the ICE Intensive Supervision Appearance Program offices in Chicago.

Ald. Anthony Quezada, 35th, is knocked down alongside Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, 33rd, while confronting federal agents June 4, 2025, as the agents approached a Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove detainees from the South Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Aldermen call for hearing into Chicago police response to ICE demonstration

June 5, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

Aldermen will hold a hearing “to examine the extent of ICE’s misconduct and determine whether the Chicago Police Department played any role in (Wednesday's) actions."

A family walks away in tears after their mother was detained on June 4, 2025, outside an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the South Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago aldermen and protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions

June 5, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday.

Immigration and refugee rights activists gather outside Chicago Immigration Court on East Monroe Street on June 4, 2025, to protest the arrest of Ramon Morales Reyes. Morales Reyes, an undocumented immigrant living in Milwaukee, appeared in court virtually before a federal immigration judge. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Advocates demand release of Milwaukee father still facing deportation after being falsely accused of threatening Trump

June 4, 2025 at 8:03 p.m.

Advocates demanded the release of Ramon Morales Reyes, who appeared virtually before a Chicago immigration judge Wednesday following his arrest in Milwaukee on May 21.

Children cross the street before the first day of school at Carl Von Linne Elementary in Avondale on Aug. 21, 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Lawmakers advance measure prohibiting public schools from denying students based on immigration status

June 1, 2025 at 3:36 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill that would prohibit public schools from denying a student access to free education based on that child's immigration status or that of their parents.

Jo, second from left, dances among a small group of people during a performance by Peso Pluma at Sueños Music Festival in Chicago’s Grant Park on May 24, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

At the 2025 Sueños Music Festival, Chicago artists get their moments alongside Shakira and Peso Pluma

May 27, 2025 at 6:20 a.m.

Ramiro Medina, lead singer of the Chicago band Lemanz, last attended the annual festival in Grant Park as a music fan. This year, he's a performer on the new La...

People enter and exit the office space at 55 E. Monroe St. in downtown Chicago, which is home to the Chicago Immigration Court, May 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Arrests happening inside Chicago’s immigration court, attorneys say: ‘People are going to be afraid’

May 27, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

Federal agents appeared to have arrested multiple people inside Chicago’s immigration court on Wednesday, lawyers told the Tribune.

Ana Gil Garcia, center left, of the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance, and others listen to a talk on May 19, 2025, at the restaurant Rica Arepa on Lincoln Avenue about the Supreme Court’s announcement that the Trump administration can proceed to revoke Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 recent migrants. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago’s Venezuelan migrants face uncertainty after Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protected status

May 19, 2025 at 8:18 p.m.

For the Venezuelan community in Chicago, the news has turned hope into heartbreak.

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