President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.
Category: Immigration
Hundreds rally in Waukegan for immigrants’ rights: ‘We will not let Trump’s war on immigrants go uncontested’
More than 300 people rallied for immigrants’ rights and marched two miles in Waukegan criticizing President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts.
Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,000 more troops to bolster Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
The Pentagon is readying orders for the deployment of at least 1,000 additional active duty troops to bolster President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, U.S. officials said Friday.
Mayor: Following ‘longstanding practice,’ Aurora police not enforcing federal immigration laws
In a statement sent to The Beacon-News Wednesday evening, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said a person’s legal status is not considered when Aurora police carry out their duties. That information is also not something the department collects or maintains for the purposes of deportation, he said.
Teacher’s comment about deportations at Dixmoor school sparks fear as threat of ICE raids loom
A resident is speaking out after a teacher at Rosa Parks Middle School in Dixmoor made comments supporting mass deportation.
Trump executive order and ICE reporting bill add to immigrant stress, Northwest Indiana attorneys say
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.
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.