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The town of Cicero came together Thursday night to hold a march calling for peace and unity, amid escalating tensions in the Chicago area over repeated confrontations between federal immigration agents and protesters.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
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Person arrested after Chicago cop hit during confrontation between crowd, federal immigration agents
Federal immigration enforcement led to a tense scene Thursday morning in the city's Little Village neighborhood, where one person was arrested for allegedly striking a Chicago police officer who responded to help with crowd control.
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Chicago student, a U.S. citizen, detained for hours by federal immigration agents, alderman says
A second student was also briefly detained by federal agents at the scene of a protest in the Little Village neighborhood, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.
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In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge.
A Juarez Community Academy student is free after being detained by federal agents during a protest at the Little Village Discount Mall.
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‘It is an emergency’: Some Chicago school board members call for virtual learning for immigrant families
District leaders discussed Chicago Public Schools’ response to stepped-up immigration enforcement in the city at the board’s October meeting Thursday.
A top U.S. Border Patrol official violated a court order limiting the use of tear gas during demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, a group of protesters,
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Chicago archbishop condemns immigration crackdown: 'We will not be silent'
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich on Tuesday reaffirmed the Archdiocese of Chicago’s solidarity with migrants, condemning recent immigration raids and detentions that he said "wound the soul of our city."
The music begins low and ominous, with the video showing searchlights skimming along a Chicago apartment building and heavily armed immigration agents storming inside. Guns are drawn. Unmarked cars fill the streets.
A pair of immigration officials in federal court Monday defended their agencies’ use of force with protesters and media during the Trump administration’s ongoing “Operation Midway Blitz,” saying agents have been put in dangerous situations on the streets,
Immigration agents took at least seven people into custody in Little Village and Cicero on Wednesday, community leaders said.