CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s top judge on Tuesday night signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months.

Federal officials have become increasingly aggressive in their tactics, using tear gas near schools and storming an apartment complex by helicopter.

Black said he was taking part in a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility last month when federal agents fired on him, striking him seven times in rapid succession with pellets that released a chemical irritant, including two shots to his head, one on the top of his head, and one along his hairline on his face.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and its rail partners are putting money down on a future rail route between Chicago and Pittsburgh.

The Texas Military Department issued a statement on national guardsmen being sent home from Chicago: “In less than 24 hours, Texas Guardsmen mobilized for the Federal Protection Mission.

Staff members are reporting ICE activity and patrolling areas around their schools and, in some cases, escorting families to and from school.

Attorneys for a Chicago TV station employee detained by federal agents Friday dispute accusations from the Department of Homeland Security that she was taken into custody because she threw objects at a Border Patrol car,

A woman remained in critical condition after a fire left her husband and two sons dead in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood last week, according to family.