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217 Today: 15 migrant couples got married in Chicago: See the prep, ceremony and wedding party

By Farrah Anderson
Apr 30, 2024

Photo: Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Today’s headlines:

A protester arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Illinois was released Monday after about 60 hours in the Champaign County jail.
Some Jewish students at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus are commemorating Passover while camping out for Palestine.
The Illinois Department of Corrections is proposing moving the Logan women’s prison onto the same site as the Stateville men’s prison.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn more about fifteen migrant couples getting married in Chicago during a non-traditional wedding ceremony.

Reporting today contributed by Mae Antar, Emily Hays and Adriana Cardona Maguiga.

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