Immigration officials need warrant to enter Champaign County buildings
The order comes as the Trump administration says it is wrapping up its immigration campaign in Minneapolis and claims it has made the community safer.
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Fear, visa delays and costs are keeping international artists from the Midwest
Performance venues and cultural organizations are seeing a spike in artists from abroad canceling performances and demonstrations — and rethinking U.S. tours.
Republican Senate candidate Pamela Denise Long talks Greenland, ICE and abortion
Illinois Public Media’s The 21st Show is interviewing the candidates and asking them about their views. This week, Brian Mackey sat down with Republican Pamela Denise Long to discuss her campaign.
Lawsuit puts Illinois on offensive against ‘menacing’ immigration raids
State claims federal agents used military-style tactics in attempt to coerce Illinois into changing its immigration policies
PHOTOS: Champaign-Urbana joins nationwide protests against ICE, Border Patrol shootings
Organizers estimate 200 cars joined the caravan Saturday afternoon to protest recent shootings by federal immigration officers.
ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown
In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said ICE agents were met by “rioters” during a targeted operation.
Staunton restaurant owner headed for deportation
Business owner and father Ismael Ayuzo Sandoval is preparing for his deportation to Mexico — a country he left decades ago and where his attorney said he is afraid to return because of cartel violence, citing, in part, his cousin’s murder at the hands of drug traffickers.
Department of Justice sues Pritzker, Raoul over law barring federal immigration actions at courthouses
The law, signed by Pritzker this month, bars immigration enforcement from courthouses and opens the door for easier legal action against federal agents over alleged civil rights infractions.
Pritzker discusses immigration crackdown with Pope Leo XIV in Rome
The governor also extended an invitation to the Chicago-born pontiff to visit his hometown.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign unlikely to join federal higher education compact
U of I Provost John Coleman said the university would not agree to demands in the compact, like freezing tuition and shutting down departments that belittle conservative ideas.
Immigrants helped save this Illinois meatpacking town. Trump cut hundreds from its workforce.
These workers were part of a workforce that has long sustained both the town’s economy and its key role in the country’s food supply chain.
Pritzker slams feds’ silence on fatal ICE shooting in Franklin Park
A witness told the Chicago Sun-Times that ICE has put out an inaccurate account of the shooting and questioned whether Villegas-Gonzalez’s death will be properly investigated.
Fatal crash in Urbana is the premise for ICE operation in Illinois
The Department of Homeland Security said in the news release that the action is in honor of Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old woman who was killed in a crash outside Carle Foundation Hospital in January.
New Chicago immigration campaign prompts confusion as city braces for federal intervention
Numerous protests have cropped up downtown, outside a suburban military base DHS plans to use and at an immigration processing center that’s expected to be a hub of activity.
Durbin, Duckworth locked out from meeting with DHS officials about Trump’s immigration enforcement plan
Federal immigration agents will be using office and parking space at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago starting Friday through Oct. 5.