The Marshall Project

ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz

Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of ...

'Not a life here.' Immigration raids hollow out Chicago neighborhood

The Trump administration's deportation surge has rattled America's third-largest city, but it has devastated the historic ...

As Chicago immigration raids resume, federal agents describe their ‘Mission from God'

A month after the immigration teams packed up and pulled out of Chicago for other cities, they have come back this week and ...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praises police assistance in immigration enforcement as CPD denies support

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised Chicago and Evanston police departments for “assistance” on Wednesday as he and ...
The Trace

Immigration raids disrupt a program designed to protect Chicago schoolchildren

In early 2025, the Trump administration revoked the protections schools had from immigration enforcement. Chicagoans like ...

Video shows apparent immigration arrests, tear gas deployed as CBP Chief Bovino returns to Chicago

Tear gas appeared to be deployed during Tuesday's crackdown, which community members say netted at least 15 people across the ...

Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity, records show

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General is conducting an audit of the Chicago ...

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Taxi drivers targeted in 1985 surprise immigration raids

January 1985 began with the city assisting the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in its efforts to arrest migrants who were working behind the wheel but lacked permanent legal status.