Northwest Indiana undocumented immigrants have been living in a state of uncertainty and fear amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation orders and the state legislature’s proposed immigration House Bill 1393, area lawyers said.
Category: Immigration
Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.
While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst’ criminal migrants to Guantanamo
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States.
If you’re arrested by ICE in Illinois, what happens next? Legal experts explain the process
The Tribune spoke with Nicole Hallett, a clinical law professor at University of Chicago, and Diana Rashid, managing attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center, to learn more about what happens after someone is arrested by ICE in Illinois.
ICE officials ‘remove’ man from Elgin home but no info on grounds available
While the man taken from the home was not the one being sought by the U.S. Marshals Office on an attempted murder charge, the ICE officers who accompanied them took him into custody, according to Belkis Sandoval, public affairs officer for the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Naperville, DuPage officials and organizations explain policies, preparation for heightened federal immigration enforcement
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage wants community members to know it has their back. As the long-promised federal immigration blitz on Chicago seemed to get underway Sunday, the Wheaton-based nonprofit has activated a rapid response network devoted to tracking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in and around DuPage County. Immigrant Solidarity’s efforts come as school, law […]
Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump move to cut federal funding is outside president’s authority
Mayor Johnson shot down the legal standing of the White House memo, but declined to say how much of Chicago’s roughly $4 billion in grant funding could be jeopardized.
What happened at Hamline Elementary on Friday: Mistaken ICE report in Chicago still sparking fear
Many questions remain about what happened at Hamline Elementary when Chicago Public Schools mistook Secret Service agents for immigration enforcement.
Trump pushes border crackdown at House Republican retreat as he caps first week in office
President Donald Trump regaled House Republicans on Monday with a rhetorical highlight reel from his first week in office, and he urged them to support his immigration crackdown and border security proposals.
‘You’re Dr. Phil.’ TV personality says he joined immigration raids in Chicago for ‘transparency.’
The presence of ‘Dr. Phil’ at Chicago federal immigration raids raises questions about the propriety of the operation and highlights a presidency that favors reality TV.