Immigration news in Chicago

FILE – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website, used to locate someone in immigration detention, is displayed on Sept. 21, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Rachel Leathe, File)

Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

By Ryan J. Foley

October 28, 2026 at 12:07 p.m.

Groups that provide legal services to immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the...

Hammond City Hall is located at Calumet Avenue and Highland Street. (Joe Puchek / Post-Tribune)

Hammond council urged to protect residents targeted by ICE

By Jim Masters

October 27, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

Federal immigration enforcement agents are arresting people on the streets of Northwest Indiana and their...

FILE – A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Documents support claim ICE has detained a mentally ill US citizen since January, AP investigation shows

By Ryan J. Foley

October 27, 2026 at 8:32 a.m.

For nearly a year, immigration authorities have detained and sought to deport a mentally ill...

Offerings are displayed at Roll and Dough at the Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

A cinnamon roll heist? Bakery wrongly accuses rideshare driver of stealing hundreds of pastries.

By Phillip Valys

August 27, 2026 at 6:42 p.m.

College student Julie Pierre took to social media to say that thousands of dollars worth...

Nelson County, Ky., jailer Justin Hall shows an electric shock glove that is used at his facility, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Bardstown, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks

By Ryan J. Foley

August 27, 2026 at 5:11 p.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs...

State Sen. Cristina Castro speaks about unaccompanied immigrant children being targeted for deportation removal in court during a press conference Aug. 26, 2026, at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago’s Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Immigration judges in Chicago deporting abused, neglected children in violation of their due process: attorneys

By Madeline Buckley

August 26, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

An immigration judge entered removal proceedings against some of the children, despite their attempts to...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe, charged in a series of robberies and sexual assaults of sex workers in Chicago's northwest suburbs, is shown in a photo in a court document allegedly meeting with a witness at a seafood buffet. (U.S. attorney's office)

Judge agrees to review grand jury material in Border Protection agent rape case

By Jason Meisner

August 26, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

A federal judge has agreed to review grand jury transcripts in the case of a...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to the audience during a town hall on Feb. 3, 2026, at the South Shore Cultural Center. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson orders vendors to disclose immigration enforcement contracts

By Alice Yin

August 26, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday requiring city vendors disclose work done for...

ICE agent charged with shooting in Minnesota could be released from Texas jail

By Valerie Gonzalez

August 26, 2026 at 7:50 a.m.

An ICE agent charged in Minnesota with firing his gun through a house door, striking...

San Diego Padres minor-league coach is released from ICE custody, family says

By Laura Turbay

August 25, 2026 at 9:49 p.m.

The San Diego Padres says Oswaldo Pirela, a coaching coordinator in their minor league system,...

In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody

By Safiyah Riddle

August 25, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East...

President Donald Trump walks past Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a roundtable on the American mining industry, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say

By Matthew Lee

August 24, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to...

A protester and a federal agent face off in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Aug. 24, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Crowd in McKinley Park protests ICE after agents crash into truck and detain driver on I-55 ramp

By Evgenia Anastasakos

August 24, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Protesters gathered in the McKinley Park neighborhood after immigration agents Monday crashed into a pickup...