Immigration news in Chicago

Carmen, sister of Miguel Parra Hernandez, holds a sign during a news conference about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement action involving Hernandez, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP) Correction corrects first name to Carmen.

An ICE officer is charged with assault for striking a man with a car in Houston

By Anna Wilder

October 30, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a...

"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)

Controversial DOJ attorney takes over ‘Broadview Six’ case, tells judge they have not agreed to cooperate

By Jason Meisner

October 30, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

On the deadline to turn over discovery in the "Broadview Six" case, the controversial No....

FILE – Migrants congregate on the banks of the Rio Grande at the U.S. border with Mexico on Dec. 20, 2022, where members of the Texas National Guard cordoned off a gap in the U.S. border wall. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

How Trump’s immigration crackdown sparked a backlash that could boomerang in the midterms

By Nicholas Riccardi

October 29, 2026 at 6:20 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s effort to fulfill his promises on immigration has turned into a backlash,...

A person holds up a sign in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, and Temporary Protected Status programs during a rally in support of DACA and TPS outside of the White House, in Washington, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Supreme Court mulls Trump administration push to end protections for migrants from Haiti and Syria

By Lindsay Whitehurst

April 29, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday mulled the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for...

Then-congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, second from left, with her boyfriend, Ben Collins, left, leaves with her attorneys at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing for charges of conspiracy during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Feds move to dismiss main conspiracy count in ‘Broadview Six’ protester case

By Jason Meisner

April 29, 2026 at 5:58 p.m.

Prosecutors are dismissing the main conspiracy count in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case against...

Then-Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino watches as agents detain a man they found painting a house in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood, Oct. 31, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Gregory Bovino finds a new mission in retirement: Trolling DHS

By Gregory Royal Pratt

April 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Since retiring last month, former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino has found a new target...

Marimar Martínez, with her attorney, Christopher Parente, pauses for a moment while describing what happened after she was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent last fall, during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Marimar Martinez testifies at Illinois commission: ‘I just acted like any human being’

By Olivia Olander

April 28, 2026 at 6:48 p.m.

Marimar Martínez testified at the final hearing of the Illinois Accountability Commission, which examined the...

A credit card is processed on a point-of-sale system at a restaurant in Chicago on June 21, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Federal government intervenes to block Illinois’ landmark credit card swipe fee as lawmakers weigh options

By Olivia Olander

April 28, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Federal order is the latest development in a nearly two-year fight between banks and retailers...

Resident Lisa Porter screams at federal agents and tells them to leave as they sit in their SUV along East Busse Avenue in Mount Prospect on Oct. 19, 2025. Porter and several neighbors and local patrollers were upset to see so many federal agents in their community searching on public and private property for a man agents claim is a dangerous criminal. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

baiduhai staff wins prestigious Batten Medal for Operation Midway Blitz coverage

By baiduhai

April 27, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

The baiduhai won the prestigious Batten Medal for public service Monday for its coverage...

Chicago police respond to West 26th Street and South Kedzie Avenue after a report of shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Nov. 8, 2025, in the Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Man pleads guilty to gun charge tied to shots fired near immigration agents in Little Village

By Jason Meisner

April 28, 2026 at 1:52 p.m.

An undocumented immigrant with a history of weapons convictions admitted Monday to firing shots "in...

Members of the Illinois Accountability Commission watch body camera footage of federal officers clashing violently with Evanston residents during testimony on the conduct of federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz, at the Michael Bilandic Building on April 27, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois commission in final stretch of hearings on Operation Midway Blitz as Katie Abraham’s mother testifies

By Olivia Olander

April 27, 2026 at 7:04 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker launched a commission to scrutinize federal immigration agents’ actions during the Trump...

Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, Nov. 8, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicagoans overwhelmingly oppose federal immigration raids and fear agents at polling places, Suffolk-Tribune poll finds

By Rick Pearson

April 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Three-quarters of city residents polled said they strongly or somewhat disapproved of last fall's Operation...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Appeals court rules that President Trump’s asylum ban at the border is illegal

By Michael Kunzelman

April 24, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at...