From Capitol News Illinois: A federal judge on Thursday officially dismissed the main conspiracy charge against the remaining “Broadview Six” protesters indicted this past fall connected to a demonstration outside an ICE facility

From Capitol News Illinois: Eight months after a federal immigration agent shot and killed a man in the earliest days of “Operation Midway Blitz,” the Illinois State Police has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting

From Capitol News Illinois: Attorneys for the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters indicted in October say federal prosecutors are abusing their power in order to keep secret what they told the grand jury that resulted in charges

Residents in Joliet, Lockport and Shorewood took to the streets Friday afternoon to take part in a series of May Day protests.

ICE in budget documents says it plans to remove 1 million people this fiscal year and the next, compared with roughly 442,000 people last year

Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser announced she is unable to charge ICE agents over actions she called "reprehensible," including pepper-spraying protesters and tackling a person in Elgin in December.

From Capitol News Illinois: The Illinois Accountability Commission is also sending letters to local law enforcement agencies for potential prosecution of federal immigration agents amid Operation Midway Blitz

After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign

From Capitol News Illinois: In an unexpected move Wednesday, prosecutors said they intend to pursue the dismissal of the main conspiracy charge against a handful of politically active protesters who demonstrated outside a federal immigration facility this past fall

From Capitol News Illinois: U.S. District Judge Rubén Castillo, who chairs the commission, confirmed for the first time that the commission is planning to refer prosecutions of agents who abused their power to Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke

From Capitol News Illinois: The mother of a young woman to whom the Trump administration dedicated Operation Midway Blitz testified to the Illinois Accountability Commission on Monday, saying her daughter would not have wanted this legacy

From Capitol News Illinois: A Cook County judge will rule next month on a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate — and possibly charge — alleged abuses by federal immigration agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” deportation campaign

Local organizers are hosting a public rally Saturday in downtown DeKalb to protest the use of warehouses as detention centers for federal immigration enforcement.

The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House

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From Capitol News Illinois: Elected officials and advocates for both domestic violence survivors and immigrant rights are warning of an uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence around Cook County’s Domestic Violence Courthouse, in violation of both an order fro

From Capitol News Illinois: Operation Midway Blitz brought hundreds of federal immigration agents to the Chicago area last fall and led to more than 4,500 arrests. What happens to the children in these situations?

Chanting “No Justice, No Peace, Get ICE off our streets,” the group of students staged a protest near the intersection of Nelson and Laraway roads a few blocks from the school.

Demonstrators will take to the streets in several DuPage County communities Saturday to participate the third No Kings rally

From Capitol News Illinois: An Illinois House committee advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, daycare center, park, forest preserve, cemetery or place of worship

From Capitol News Illinois: A Cook County judge will hear arguments next month over a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and charge alleged crimes committed by federal immigration agents during last fall’s “Operation Midway Blitz”

Most Illinois schools haven’t seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at their doors, but officials say the federal crackdown is still impacting their classrooms

Elgin police officer Jason Lentz has been fired over social media posts he made last fall about immigration enforcement.

From Capitol News Illinois: A federal judge on Friday granted prosecutors’ motion to dismiss charges against two of the “Broadview Six” who were charged with conspiracy stemming from a September protest outside a Broadview ICE facility

County clerks across northern Illinois are working to make sure voting operations are secure now and on March 17 for the primary election. That includes making sure Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are not showing up at polling places.

All four candidates for Bureau County Sheriff were asked in their Shaw Local election questionnaires the same question about one of the most politically charged issues in law enforcement

Most of the Democrats running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat believe the rising cost of living is the greatest issue facing constituents – but some candidates have other priorities.

The Republicans running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat cite immigration and gerrymandering among their top campaign issues.

The candidates challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat differ with him about the top issue facing constituents.

President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified in the Senate on Tuesday in her first congressional appearance since the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis galvanized widespread opposition to how the Trump administration was executing its mass deportation agenda

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek made it clear Monday that federal immigration agents are not welcome at polling places

From Capitol News Illinois: A federal judge ordered the release of 32 people detained by federal immigration agents without warrants or probable cause during "Operation Midway Blitz." Those people must be released by March 5 at noon

From Capitol News Illinois: A new bill introduced to the Illinois Senate would prohibit law enforcement agencies in Illinois from hiring individuals who serve as federal immigration officers for the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs between Jan. 20, 2025 and Jan 20, 2029

From Capitol News Illinois: JB Pritzker’s ICE Accountability Commission heard testimony about fear and intimidation that led to the disruption of schools and a negative impact on businesses and health care during "Operation Midway Blitz"

Jennifer Abbatacola: I do not support limiting lawful federal immigration enforcement on county property, and I do not support the Illinois TRUST Act as currently written. Read Abbatacola's full election questionnaire here

About 250 students walked out of Huntley High School Friday in protest of ICE, the latest in a series of such high school rallies in the McHenry County area and beyond.

Jeffrey Magnussen: The County should support law enforcement actions including ICE. I do not understand why we would make it harder for law enforcement to remove illegal, law breaking individuals. Read Magnussen's full election questionnaire here

A Republican candidate for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat said the U.S. should close its borders to all would-be immigrants until reforms are enacted.

Dillan Vancil: Congress should stop using band‑aid bailouts and fix trade policy so farmers are not collateral damage every time there’s a trade war. Read Vancil's full questionnaire here

Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital

Democratic 52nd District Illinois House candidates Erin Chan Ding and Maria Peterson have similar views on immigration enforcement and the Illinois TRUST Act.

About a dozen people gathered Sunday for a Melt the Ice knit-along in Downers Grove. Knitters created Melt the Ice beanies and raised more than $500 for organizations supporting immigrant rights

The Republicans running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat have different ideas for U.S. immigration policy, some of which diverge from President Donald Trump’s approach.

Immigration policy was among the issues debated by three of the four Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District at a recent forum.

Democratic front-runners in the primary race for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat sparred over campaign donations and weighed in on space aliens at a Monday debate hosted by Fox 32.

About 200 Kankakee High School students participated in a walkout just after 12:30 p.m. Friday in protest of national immigration policies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

‘It’s beautiful. It feels like the most American thing,’ a Bolingbrook High School student protester said on Friday as she joined hundreds of students at the school in walking out to march against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

From Capitol News Illinois: Federal Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to release four people arrested without warrants amid ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ by Monday evening