Immigration
The letters, sent Friday by the commission’s chair, Judge Rubén Castillo, were to current and former Trump administration officials, including Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, Gregory Bovino and others.
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke “personally reviewed the case” against 20-year-old Brett Heier and directed prosecutors to toss the only charge, according to a statement from her office that provided no explanation. Heier’s lawyer had argued Heier was accused only of spitting on the agent’s shoe, and it may have been unintentional.
Brett Heier’s attorney Barry Sheppard says his client is accused only of spitting on the agent’s shoe, and that his actions fall under the “broad gamut of freedom of expression.”
The Supreme Court took up one of the term’s most consequential cases, President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
Joabe Barbosa moved to Chicago after enrolling at Roosevelt University to pursue a doctorate degree in clinical psychology in 2022. He went unmatched for an internship for his final year, and now the 25-year-old, in the U.S. on an F-1 visa, is at risk of being forced to return to his native Brazil.
President Donald Trump would become the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.
Prosecutors, in a filing Monday, mocked the notion that White House officials “had such an interest in local Illinois government” to pick “politically obscure figures” like former Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh out of a crowd.
Immigration agents have been helping with security at O’Hare and other airports nationwide during the Department of Homeland Security budget impasse. President Trump signed an executive order Friday that will pay TSA workers.
The teens also rallied against other moves made by the Trump administration, including its deportation campaign.
Check the status of federal criminal cases in Chicago connected to Operation Midway Blitz.
In a letter to constituents Wednesday, Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) announced her office was offering services remotely Wednesday and Thursday before closing entirely Friday due to “threats of violence against myself, my family, and my team.”
Under the bill, new immigration detention centers would be prohibited within 1,500 feet of schools, churches, day care centers, cemeteries, public parks, forest preserves, private residences and public housing.
The unveiling in West Town came as Chicago has again become a focal point of America’s debate over immigration policies following last week’s fatal shooting of an 18-year-old college student.
Sheridan Gorman’s killing puts Chicago back at the center of America's bitter fight over immigration
As loved ones and fellow Loyola University Chicago students mourn the slain freshman, her death has become a rallying cry for politicians demanding stricter immigration enforcement.
Here are the details of what happened to Gorman and where things currently stand in the criminal case of her alleged killer.
The suburban mayor asked the feds to pay back $700,000 in costs to the villlage associated with Operation Midway Blitz and for economic losses suffered by nearby businesses.
The Cook County state’s attorney pushed back on a broad coalition’s effort to have an independent official installed to investigate the federal agents behind Operation Midway Blitz. She said she’s not intimidated by “vague” threats of political retaliation.
Trump told reporters Monday that he had been briefed on Sheridan Gorman’s killing, arguing that the fatal shooting showed there was a need for ramped up immigration enforcement efforts. The suspected gunman, Jose G. Medina, remained hospitalized for tuberculosis.
Trump administration officials claim Illinois’ sanctuary state policies enabled the attack, though no records of violent crime have surfaced for suspect Jose Medina, a Venezuelan migrant.
Judge Edmond Chang said Broadview’s daily curfew “cannot stand under the First Amendment,” but the village is allowed to maintain the “free speech zones” and can enact a curfew in specific circumstances.
White House border czar Tom Homan promised “a plan by the end of [Sunday], where we’re sending — what airports we’re starting with and where we’re sending them.”