Woodridge man sentenced for staging robberies in country-wide visa scheme
Thousands of alleged victims paid $5,000 to $30,000 to participate in the scam to later apply for nonimmigrant U visas, prosecutors said.
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Thousands of alleged victims paid $5,000 to $30,000 to participate in the scam to later apply for nonimmigrant U visas, prosecutors said.
Republican Senate nominee Ashley Hinson says she'll push back on the president, but her campaign also relies on his loyalists turning out. Meanwhile, Democrat Josh Turek is the only Iowa candidate seeking federal office who explicitly mentions President Trump in general election TV ads.
The Cook County Board on Wednesday was considering a measure to strengthen sanctuary protections and close a loophole that could let federal immigration agents indirectly obtain information about immigrants.
Rep. Delia Ramirez said that if federal agents are "willing and able" to search Omar's home, "they can do it to anyone." She said the raid pushed her to file a bill to abolish DHS.
The Oswego Fire Protection District took to social media to clarify that a viral video of firefighters and police helping federal immigration agents did not happen in Illinois.
Civil lawsuits are now filed against the federal government on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally shot in January by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in south Minneapolis.
Voters say their top issues going into the 2026 midterm election are immigration, President Trump’s policies, and affordability.
A judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque on foreign policy grounds.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
One year since a Humboldt Park restaurant owner was detained by federal immigration agents and later deported to his native Pakistan, his family said they are still raising awareness of his case and the impact his separation has had on them.
One year after "Operation Midway Blitz" began in the Chicago area, leading to thousands of arrests and deportations, many are still calling for accountability for how the immigration crackdown was handled.
A group of Illinois Democrats in Congress are pushing for a probe into the DHS and federal agents' use of excessive force during the Operation Midway Blitz immigration crackdown in Chicago.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Nearly a year after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz, their immigration crackdown and mass deportation campaign in Chicago, the neighborhood of Little Village is still reeling.
The judge delivered a victory for Stanford University's student newspaper, which said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.
Milo Yiannopoulos, who is British, was accused of overstaying his visa after entering the country legally in May 2019.
An immigration court judge in Chicago on Wednesday ordered six children to be deported after they were deemed abandoned by state courts.
Chicago police are investigating the shooting of Marimar Martinez by a federal agent in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood during President Trump's immigration crackdown last year.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) on Wednesday called for answers from the Department of Justice, saying along with other lawmakers that the Chicago immigration court needs revisions when it comes to unaccompanied immigrant children.
A Chicago-based DJ from Colombia and his partner were released from ICE custody on bond after being arrested at Midway Airport on August 2.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
The humanitarian immigration policy let certain migrant groups work in the United States, and now, more than 300,000 people from Haiti have lost the designation. Cristian Benavides reports.
A Chicago-based DJ from Colombia and his partner are in ICE custody on Sunday, federal immigration officials confirmed.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
