Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country By Rebecca Santana May 5, 2025 at 3:29 p.m. Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it would...
Walk from Aurora to Elgin puts focus on experience of immigrants By David Sharos May 4, 2025 at 2:14 p.m. A pair of English teachers at East Aurora High School, along with about three dozen...
CPS custodian finalist in national honor recognizing the often unsung work of school maintenance By Laura Rodríguez Presa May 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Micaela "Mica" Ortiz, who works at Hibbard Elementary School in Albany Park, was recognized as...
Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids By Amanda Seitz May 2, 2025 at 4:15 p.m. President Donald Trump’s administration is conducting a nationwide, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who...
The lasting impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown on CPS students By Nell Salzman May 5, 2025 at 5:26 p.m. Trump's hard-line immigration policy has taken a deep emotional toll on communities and Chicago Public...
Early months of combined migrant, homeless shelters in Chicago see success, structural challenges By Caroline Kubzansky May 2, 2025 at 5:02 p.m. Nearly three years after buses of migrants began arriving in Chicago from the southern border,...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman May 1, 2025 at 4:32 p.m. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000...
At Chicago’s May Day rally, thousands call for immigrant protections, end to deportations in rebuke of Trump By Rebecca Johnson May 1, 2025 at 5:36 p.m. Thousands rally on May Day, a celebration with Chicago ties that commemorates the labor movement.
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law By Nicholas Riccardi May 1, 2025 at 11:35 a.m. A federal judge barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under...
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the US have advocates worried By Gene Johnson May 1, 2025 at 11:48 a.m. The flurry of immigration enforcement at courthouses around the country in the past month has...