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Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke speaks to Cook County commissioners during her 2026 budget hearing on Oct. 29, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Program that allows police to directly file some gun charges to expand citywide

November 21, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office is expanding citywide a program that allows Chicago police officers to directly file charges in some low-level felony gun cases, following a review of...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, including at least one wearing a body camera, confront community members at 105th Street and Avenue N in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Injunction ruling provides new look at Operation Midway Blitz, from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report

November 20, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz.

Border Patrol agents transfer a person to a van after he was detained during immigration enforcement actions on Oct. 31, 2025, in Niles. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Federal appeals court temporarily halts release of hundreds of Operation Midway Blitz detainees

November 20, 2025 at 6:17 p.m.

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the release on bond of hundreds of immigrants whose arrests during Operation Midway Blitz are being challenged under a consent decree.

Megan Siegel wears a flag cape while holding the hand of her daughter, Matilda, while protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview, Nov. 14, 2025. The Siegel family lives in Shabbona, near DeKalb. Siegel said she has been protesting outside the Broadview facility up to five times per week. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Sharp drop in detainees at ICE facility in Broadview follows temporary restraining order

November 18, 2025 at 6:05 p.m.

The number of detainees held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview has dropped precipitously since a federal judge ordered the government to comply with requirements...

An ambulance pulls out from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility on Beach Street on Oct. 13, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Federal judge certifies class in lawsuit over conditions at Broadview ICE processing center

November 17, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview to proceed as a class-action.

Police officers face protesters after 21 people were detained earlier in the day at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Nov. 14, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

21 arrested, police officers injured at protest outside ICE processing center in Broadview

November 14, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

A scuffle between police and protesters broke out outside the ICE processing center in Broadview.

U.S. Border Patrol agents exchange handcuffs for plastic zipties while transferring detainees they picked up landscaping on Chicago’s Northwest Side into a van in Niles on Oct. 31, 2025, during immigration enforcement operations. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show

November 14, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.

Plaintiffs' attorneys and federal officials, including Michelle Garcia, Danielle Berkowsky, Samuel Cole, Jonathan Manes and Patrick Johnson, arrive for a tour of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Nov. 13, 2025, as part of discovery for the ongoing lawsuit about conditions inside. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Attorneys visit ‘black box’ ICE processing center in Broadview

November 13, 2025 at 6:17 p.m.

The rare site visit was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally in the wake of a class-action lawsuit alleging dirty, unsafe conditions.

Immigration agents detain a man outside the Leighton Criminal Court Building, 2650 S. California Ave., following a court appearance on Nov. 12, 2025. (Cook County public defender's office)

Immigration agents make arrest outside Leighton courthouse, leaving behind broken fence

November 13, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

It was not clear whether the agents had secured a warrant for the man’s arrest.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents prepare immigrants from Mexico to leave the Broadview processing center for deportation on Jan 27, 2009. (Alex Garcia/baiduhai)

The Tribune got a rare look inside Broadview’s ICE processing center in 2009. Here’s what we saw.

November 12, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

In 2009, the baiduhai got a rare look inside the controversial building that now holds immigration detainees during Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz."

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