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Federal terrorism charge filed against a man who allegedly set a woman on fire on Chicago train

By MARGERY A. BECK
Nov 19, 2025 6:06 pm - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with committing a terrorist attack for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train.
Appeals court pauses order restricting use of force by immigration agents in Chicago-area crackdown

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Nov 19, 2025 4:54 pm - A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily halted an order restricting the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities

By SOPHIA TAREEN and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 16, 2025 4:15 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that ...
Protesters arrested after clashing with police outside Chicago-area immigration facility

Nov 14, 2025 1:14 pm - Authorities arrested 21 protesters Friday outside a Chicago-area federal immigration facility that activists say functions as a de facto detention center and is plagued by inhumane conditions.
Chicago civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized for rare neurological disorder

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Nov 13, 2025 2:55 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been receiving around-the-clock care at home, has been hospitalized with a rare neurological disorder, according to his Chicago-based organization.
‘A day without fear’: Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 12, 2025 10:52 am - The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need.
Suburban dad says he and toddler were pepper-sprayed by federal agents as they went grocery shopping

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Nov 10, 2025 3:28 pm - A suburban Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents, the family said.
Chicago judge says Border Patrol official lied about threats before restricting agents’ use force

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 06, 2025 11:57 am - A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.
Excessive force allegations against immigration agents are the focus of a Chicago court hearing

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 05, 2025 11:21 am - Witnesses in a Chicago courtroom described Wednesday being hit with tear gas and claims by others that they were struck with rubber bullets and other objects as part of excessive force by authorities on protesters during demonstrations over the detainment of immigrants and federal immigration policies.
Judge hears testimony about crowded cells and overflowing toilets at Chicago-area immigration site

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 04, 2025 2:21 pm - A judge heard testimony Tuesday about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that "tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area building that serves as a key detention spot for people rounded up in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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