Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proudly defended Chicago's sanctuary city status on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as he testified before a congressional committee on the city's immigration policies ...

Thousands of people come through Chicago’s immigration court every day to plead their cases before a judge who will decide whether they can stay or be deported. It’s an uphill battle for noncitizens ...

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In his first speech to Congress during his second term in office on Tuesday, President Trump is expected to focus on immigration, new tariffs, and his effort to slash the federal workforce.

Mayor Brandon Johnson argued that Chicago’s policies made the city safer and allowed residents to help the police solve crimes without fear of deportation. By Mitch Smith Reporting from Chicago ...

The National Immigration Justice Center and the ACLU of Illinois are alleging that ICE violated a 2022 federal settlement. A U.S. citizen was among those arrested near Chicago. Chicago officials said ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The FBI Chicago's Joint Terrorism Task Force, or JTTF, and terrorism task forces nationwide, have been branded the "nation's front line defense against terrorism," both from ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A lawsuit filed this week is asking a federal judge to order U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release specific reports and data on all immigration arrests made since ...

Sanctuary city mayors are facing intense scrutiny following their testimony before Congress, where they defended their resistance to federal immigration enforcement. Chicago resident P-Rae Easley ...

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