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Father Gary Graf has embarked on a remarkable pilgrimage for immigrant justice, walking from Dolton, Illinois — Pope Leo XIV’s childhood hometown — all the way to New York Harbor.

Chicago police are warning businesses in Englewood after a series of burglaries where offenders cut power, disabled cameras and alarms, and forced entry to steal cash registers, ATMs, and safes. The incidents occurred in the 5600 block of South Racine Avenue on Oct. 9, the 1500 block of West Marquette...

Taxpayers should pay $8 million to the family of a man who died after being strapped to a stretcher by Chicago Fire Department paramedics, city lawyers recommended. Leonardo Guerrero, 44, died at an Uptown hospital on Aug. 31, 2022, after his heart stopped in a Chicago Fire Department ambulance. The restraints...

CHICAGO, IL — A suburban Illinois woman says she recently discovered ICE agents staying at a hotel just blocks from her home — and claims they’ve been targeting local landscapers and nannies during early-morning raids in her neighborhood. The woman, who goes by @left_of_centaur on TikTok, posted...

Illinois State Troopers pushed back protesters outside a Chicago-area ICE facility Saturday, with several arrests reported amid tense confrontations.

It’s been a week since the owner of a Northwest Side piñata store had her life turned upside down. “I’m stuck between two worlds,” the woman said. WTTW News is not naming the woman per her request over fears she could be targeted. On Oct. 3,...

Of all the people to rip off in a Facebook Marketplace deal, Isaiah Williams is accused of picking one of the worst: an off-duty Chicago police sergeant. Williams, 18, was arrested on September 26 after the would-be phone sale in West Town turned into a foot chase and scuffle. He is charged with robbery.

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Chicago woman shot multiple times by U.S. Border and Customs Protection agents was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

A viral video showed ICE agents conducting an arrest at an El Rancherito restaurant in East Chicago, Ind., prompting clarification from city officials that local police were not involved. Mayor Anthony Copeland and Police Chief José Rivera emphasized that the city had no prior notice of ICE’s presence and urged...

CHICAGO — Tensions continued to rise Thursday as multiple Chicago schools went on lockdown following reports of armed ICE agents operating in nearby neighborhoods, according to city officials and local leaders. Mike Nellis, a Chicago City Council member, said several schools — including one attended by his own son...