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People gather outside Naval Station Great Lakes to demonstrate against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions on Sept. 13, 2025, in North Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/for the baiduhai)

Outside ICE facility, friends of detained day laborer call for his release

September 13, 2025 at 7:24 p.m.

Workers, community members and lawmakers gathered outside an ICE facility outside Chicago to call for the release of a detained day laborer.

A protester yells at federal agents as the officers attempt to clear a path for their vehicles to enter and exit the ICE facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Protests flare at ICE facility in Broadview even as President Donald Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis

September 13, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

Emotions in the Chicago area remained at a near-fever pitch as protesters – including two candidates for Congress – confronted federal agents outside an immigration processing center in the near-west...

FBI employees watch as a vehicle is towed from the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a man after ICE says he tried to flee a traffic stop in the car and struck an agent with his vehicle on Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man killed, agent injured as Trump immigration enforcement push takes violent turn in Chicago suburb

September 12, 2025 at 7:04 p.m.

The Trump administration's immigration-enforcement push in the Chicago area took a violent turn Friday.

An individual cheers on Michigan Avenue in celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Chicago warns of heightened traffic — and possible street closures — for Mexican Independence Day celebrations

September 12, 2025 at 10:18 a.m.

Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications warned of heightened traffic downtown this weekend as the city prepares to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.

Charlie Kirk before speaking at a Turning Point USA Campus Clash event at the JW Marriott Hotel in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Friends recall Charlie Kirk, who started Turning Point USA in Chicago suburbs, as man who ‘inspired millions’

September 11, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

While the FBI continued its search for Charlie Kirk's shooter, those who knew the Turning Point USA co-founder personally reflected on his life.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. depart a news conference, Sept. 10, 2025, after U.S. marshals conducted a raid related to vaping products at a Midwest Distribution warehouse in Bensenville. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Illegal and unregulated products’ allegedly seized at Bensenville vape distributor, Attorney General Pam Bondi says

September 10, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

Federal agents raided a vaping products distributor in a west suburb over alleged ties to “illegal and unregulated products,” representing the largest seizure in a multistate effort, federal officials announced...

People march along East Ida B. Wells Drive to protest President Donald Trump’s intent to increase immigration enforcement actions in Chicago and deploy the National Guard on Sept. 6, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker ‘not convinced’ by President Trump apparent pivot on sending National Guard to Chicago

September 11, 2025 at 2:48 p.m.

For now, President Donald Trump’s decision to hold off National Guard troops in Chicago represents a political victory for Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

A federal agent escorts a detainee into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 9, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Immigration enforcement subdued Tuesday as local officials brace for Trump’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’

September 9, 2025 at 6:57 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said the federal immigration enforcement agency has plans to send in more than 200 agents and 100 vehicles in its Chicago immigration “blitz.”

La gente vitorea mientras los bailarines actúan en El Grito Chicago, un festival de dos días en celebración del Día de la Independencia de México, en el Butler Field de Grant Park en Chicago el 15 de septiembre de 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Los organizadores de El Grito Chicago posponen el festival del Día de la Independencia de México mientras la ciudad se prepara para una mayor aplicación de la ley migratoria

September 9, 2025 at 6:36 p.m.

Los organizadores de El Grito Chicago, un festival de dos días con motivo del Día de la Independencia de México que estaba previsto celebrarse el próximo fin de semana en...

A parade-goer holds up a “No Guard” sign during the Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Fewer people, same level of pride at Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade as protests continue throughout Chicago area

September 6, 2025 at 7:22 p.m.

Annual Mexican Independence Day Parade sees lower turnout, while protests continue around the Chicago area.

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