Evanston’s Lake Street Church is offering sanctuary to immigrants seeking protection from deportation, the minister announced.
Evanston church offers sanctuary to immigrants
Category: Immigration
What to know about ICE raids in Chicago — and what your rights are
The immigration blitz was action long promised by President Donald Trump who made mass deportation central to his campaign.
ICE agents take at least 2 into custody in Lake County
Dulce Ortiz, the executive director of Mano a Mano Family Resource Center and a Waukegan Township trustee, said Monday she received confirmation that the two men were taken into custody.
Trump’s ‘border’ czar, top DOJ official arrive in Chicago to observe immigration enforcement operations
With two top Trump administration officials in Chicago, federal law enforcement began a “targeted” immigration blitz Sunday, according to a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Northwest Indiana police departments not called to help with deportations
As the Trump administration is expected to start mass deportations in Chicago, two Northwest Indiana police agencies have not been called to help.
‘People are scared’: Fear permeates every aspect of life in Chicago, under threat of mass immigration deportations
Although no widespread immigration raids were reported here this week, the possibility — and reports that Chicago would be ground zero for enforcement — kept many of the region’s estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants at home.
Chicago immigrant advocacy groups sue ICE following week of tensions
A representative of one of the groups that sued said immigrant communities that have lived in Chicago for years are scared.
Krishnamoorthi, immigration lawyer discuss Trump executive orders during virtual town hall
At a virtual town hall meeting called by U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Hoffman Estates, Wednesday, a veteran immigration attorney briefly explained President Donald Trump’s immigration-related executive orders issued shortly after he took the oath of office, and told those who could be affected to beware and be prepared. “Everybody in this country, no matter what […]
ICE agents denied entry at a Chicago elementary school, CPS officials say
Chicago Public Schools prevented officers from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials.
Aurora area schools prepare for possible immigration arrests as state issues guidance on how schools should respond
After the Trump administration said schools and churches were not off-limits for immigration arrests, Aurora area schools brace for possible encounters with ICE.