Rebecca Johnson

Protesters and activists join hands and sing “We Shall Overcome” outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 5, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Homeland Security avoids Illinois senators, as opponents ready for immigration raids with protests, parades

September 5, 2025 at 8:03 p.m.

Mayor of Broadview says the Trump administration has told her a "large-scale enforcement campaign will soon be underway" and could continue nonstop for 45 days.

People cheer as dancers perform at El Grito Chicago, a two-day festival in celebration of Mexican Independence Day, at Grant Park’s Butler Field in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Organizers of El Grito Chicago postpone the Mexican Independence Day festival as city braces for increased immigration enforcement

September 4, 2025 at 7:23 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker said he expects immigration enforcement to begin in Chicago by the end of the week.

Tanshanikia Williams becomes emotional while Jeremy Herred Sr. speaks outside Chicago Park District headquarters in Brighton Park on Sept. 3, 2025, about the filing of a civil lawsuit against the district and former Douglass Park lifeguard Charles Leto. Williams and Herred Sr. are the parents of 14-year-old Jeremy Herred, who was seriously injured in the June 26 shooting near the West Side pool. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Families of teens shot, one fatally, at Douglass Park pool sue Park District, former lifeguard

September 3, 2025 at 5:13 p.m.

The families of two teen boys shot, one fatally, by a Douglass Park lifeguard in June filed a lawsuit this week against the alleged gunman and the Chicago Park District.

Community members wave flags during the Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sept. 9, 2023. Organizers of the 2025 parade said Aug. 28 that the upcoming celebration will go on despite the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’

August 28, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

Parade organizers are planning a celebration under the shadow of “ramped up” immigration enforcement in Chicago.

Parents comfort their children after a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, in which two children died. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

August 27, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Cardinal Blase Cupich called on those who hold power to “make the safety of our people a national priority” following Wednesday's mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school.

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Homeland Security avoids Illinois senators, as opponents ready for immigration raids with protests, parades

Organizers of El Grito Chicago postpone the Mexican Independence Day festival as city braces for increased immigration enforcement

Families of teens shot, one fatally, at Douglass Park pool sue Park District, former lifeguard

Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’

Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

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