Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Top Cook County judge bars civil immigration arrests at courthousesOct 15, 2025 10:46 am - Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans has signed an order barring civil arrests of people while at county courts — a common tactic used by federal immigration agents to detain people.
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Judge refuses to immediately block National Guard deployment to IllinoisOct 07, 2025 10:13 am - National Guard troops could hit Chicago’s streets as soon as today after a federal judge refused a plea from Illinois’ attorneys to immediately block a deployment they labeled “illegal, dangerous and unconstitutional” in a highly anticipated lawsuit Monday.
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Kennedy Expressway express lanes back to normal for Monday morning rushOct 05, 2025 3:40 pm - The express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway are set to return to normal for the Monday morning rush, offering relief to inbound commuters for the first time since the lan...
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Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago, as border chief says people arrested based on ‘how they look’Sep 28, 2025 8:12 pm - While dozens of federal immigration agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol through downtown Chicago on Sunday, a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
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Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortionsSep 26, 2025 8:19 am - Illinois elected officials and abortion providers foresee an influx of Wisconsin patients after the state’s Planned Parenthood branch announced Wednesday it would pause abortions Oct. 1 while it faces losing Medicaid funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law.
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ICE targets Chicago police in ramped-up recruitment pushSep 19, 2025 11:18 am - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped up its marketing in an effort to expand its workforce by 75%, a move coinciding with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement in Chicago.
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Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez saysSep 14, 2025 5:12 pm - A man fatally shot by federal immigration agents on Friday in Franklin Park had dropped off his child at school minutes before he was shot.
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‘We don’t need them’: Gov. Pritzker ‘glad’ Trump shifting focus from sending National Guard to ChicagoSep 10, 2025 5:02 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday said he’s “glad” President Donald Trump is signaling a shift away from sending the National Guard to Chicago — at least for now — but empha...
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Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
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Pritzker condemns Trump’s ‘Chipocalypse’ social postSep 06, 2025 6:07 pm - President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post saying Chicago was about to find out “why it’s called the Department of War” drew swift rebuke from Illinois leaders Saturday morning.