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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.
Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 30, 2025 9:53 pm - A new funding plan for public transportation surfaced Thursday evening without new taxes on entertainment or package deliveries that were part of previous plans.
Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained

By Tom Schuba, Michael Puente | WBEZ, Sophie Sherry and Frank Main
Oct 30, 2025 7:37 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to northwest Indiana Thursday and indicated the immigration enforcement campaign that’s rocked the Chicago area actually extends to five other states, none of which have so-called sanctuary protections and two of which are led by Republicans.
Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 29, 2025 5:29 pm - CHICAGO — An appeals court intervened Wednesday and suddenly blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to give unprecedented daily briefings to a jud...
Judge orders daily meetings with Border Patrol official Bovino on Chicago immigration crackdown

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 28, 2025 11:46 am - A judge on Tuesday ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her each evening to discuss the government's immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an extraordinary step following weeks of street confrontations, tear gas volleys and complaints of excessive force.
Flight from Chicago diverted after a passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork, authorities say

Oct 28, 2025 9:38 am - A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said.
Chicago’s children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

By CLAIRE GALOFARO
Oct 28, 2025 7:46 am - In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas. Residents, including U.S. citizens and people with permission to live or work here, say they are terrified, worried about being targeted. Teachers and community members are struggling to reassure children while dealing with their own fears. The community remains on edge, with many questioning their safety and future.
Mom says slain Illinois woman wouldn’t want to be tied to Trump’s immigration blitz

By Marianne LeVine
Oct 23, 2025 2:25 pm - The mother of an Illinois woman killed by an undocumented immigrant in January is speaking out against the Trump administration’s attempts to tie her daughter to the ongo...
As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Oct 23, 2025 1:55 pm - Hoan Huynh was going door-to-door informing businesses of ramped up immigration enforcement on Chicago’s North Side when the Democratic state lawmaker got an activist notification of federal agents nearby.
Judge agrees to extend block on Guard deployment in Chicago while awaiting Supreme Court ruling

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and GENE JOHNSON
Oct 22, 2025 12:10 pm - President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities — over the objections of mayors and governors — have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping rulings.

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