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Building owner OK’d Trump administration’s raid of Chicago apartment complex, court records show
Federal officials claimed the area surrounding the building in South Shore was a hub for Venezuelan gangs, but new arrests reports show it was targeted in the jarring raid because “illegal aliens were unlawfully occupying apartments.
For 13 years in a row, South Shore’s multifamily market had an argument for being crowned the hottest in Chicago. From 2011 through 2023, the predominantly Black lakefront community just south of Jackson Park,
In the documents, Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.
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South Shore Line plans $2.75 million in safety improvements after Chicago journalist's death
Safety changes are coming to the South Shore Line after a crash that took the life of a local journalist on Chicago's Southeast Side.
A 45-year-old Chicago man is facing nearly two dozen felony charges after authorities say he fired at a woman, then opened up on responding SWAT officers during a tense, hours-long standoff in the South Shore neighborhood.