Illinois Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García downplayed illegal immigrant crimes while Republicans highlighted ICE detainer violations ...

Illinois banned private immigration detention facilities during President Donald Trump's first term. Local governments are also not allowed to enter into contracts to house people facing deportation ...

This week, organizers of Chicago's annual Cinco de Mayo parade canceled festivities over concerns about deportations by ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signaled he was open to testifying before a Republican-led congressional committee on the state’s so-called sanctuary policies for protecting immigrants, but hadn’t ...

A grassroots organization called “Chicago Flips Red” has made its debut before Congress at a hearing about migrant sanctuary ...

Former President Joe Biden’s remarks in Chicago at the 2025 national conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled marked his first public rebuttal of the Trump ...

director of organizing and leadership for the Chicago-based Resurrection Project. Are immigrants detained in Illinois? Immigration detention ended in 2022 in Illinois following the passage of the ...

appeared to dismiss illegal immigrants attacking and murdering Americans ... such as the ones implemented in Chicago, have produced lower crime and poverty rates. He concluded that Republicans ...