Community members concerned after ICE agents spotted near North Side church
Concerns are spreading after another weekend of federal law enforcement efforts, with the government vowing there will be more.
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Concerns are spreading after another weekend of federal law enforcement efforts, with the government vowing there will be more.
The move comes days after Johnson signed the "ICE Free Zone" executive order.
The Defense Department announced earlier this week that about 200 National Guard soldiers from Texas and another 300 from Illinois were federalized and sent to the Chicago area.
Federal agents detained several rideshare drivers on Friday at a parking lot at O'Hare International Airport, the latest target in immigration enforcement across Chicago.
An employee of WGN-TV was arrested Friday in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, but there have been conflicting reports on exactly what happened.
Two women were arrested by ICE agents on Friday in front of a Chicago elementary school near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus on the West Side.
Charges against a veteran who was arrested protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview have been downgraded.
A village spokesperson confirmed around 7:45 a.m. that the National Guard arrived Wednesday night.
A federal judge in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order Thursday, blocking federal agencies from using certain forceful tactics to suppress protests or prevent journalists from covering those protests.
On Thursday morning, some National Guard troops near the riot fence outside the ICE facility. Asal Rezaei reports.
Meanwhile, a federal judge was set to decide Thursday whether to block the hundreds of National Guard troops who have been sent to Chicago. Asal Rezaei reports.
A federal judge is expected to rule on Thursday on a request from the governor and mayor to block the troop deployment.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately confirm that the people seen in the video were National Guard troops. Asal Rezaei reports.
A small group of protestors gathered outside the ICE processing facility, with their chants energized following a federal judge's extension of a nationwide consent decree.
"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]" Officers!" President Trump posted. "Governor Pritzker also!"
A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.
Federal prosecutors have dismissed charges against three of five protesters arrested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on the same day last month.
Residents on the Southwest Side of Chicago are demanding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not be allowed to use The Yards Plaza.
The troops are expected to be deployed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and federal facilities. Asal Rezaei reports.
Sources said the Texas National Guard members are expected to begin their duties in the Chicago area before the ruling in the state’s lawsuit, which is expected on Thursday. Asal Rezaei reports.
The State of Illinois argues there is no crisis that requires the troops’ presence. Asal Rezaei reports.
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]” Officers!” President Trump posted. “Governor Pritzker also!”
Members of the Texas National Guard will be assigned to the protection of federal facilities and federal law enforcement personnel in the Chicago area.
An employee at a restaurant in Niles and another person outside a high school in Park Ridge were among those detained in recent weeks.
Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham intervened as Dariana Fajardo. 23, who is a U.S. citizen, was being detained by federal agents on Monday near city hall.
