Alex Garcia

Alex Garcia is a former Tribune photographer.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents prepare immigrants from Mexico to leave the Broadview processing center for deportation on Jan 27, 2009. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)

The Tribune got a rare look inside Broadview’s ICE processing center in 2009. Here’s what we saw.

November 12, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

In 2009, the Chicago Tribune got a rare look inside the controversial building that now holds immigration detainees during Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz."

‘Miracle Baby’ the sparkle of hope

June 17, 2018 at 6:01 p.m.

Lailani Paris Eva Mae Casara, 6 months, is filled with wonder, curiousity and sometimes, as a baby is entitled to have, a little confusion. Reporter Angie Leventis shares the tragic...

A ‘Miracle Baby’ and the Sparkle of Hope

August 25, 2021 at 6:12 a.m.

Lailani Paris Eva Mae Casara, 6 months, is filled with wonder, curiousity and sometimes, as a baby is entitled to have, a little confusion. Reporter Angie Leventis shares the tragic...

A tennis star from Englewood

June 18, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

How awesome. Former Englewood resident Taylor Townsend, shown here meeting a young player in Chicago the day before leaving for the French Open, just pulled off a major upset. In...

A tennis star from Englewood

August 25, 2021 at 5:29 a.m.

How awesome. Former Englewood resident Taylor Townsend, shown here meeting a young player in Chicago the day before leaving for the French Open, just pulled off a major upset. In...

Actors in the studio

June 17, 2018 at 6:31 p.m.

Kieran Culkin, Tavi Gevinson and Michael Cera (L-R) came to the Tribune Tower to be interviewed by Chris Jones for the Theater Loop blog, to talk about their new play...

Actors in the studio

August 25, 2021 at 5:39 a.m.

Kieran Culkin, Tavi Gevinson and Michael Cera (L-R) came to the Tribune Tower to be interviewed by Chris Jones for the Theater Loop blog, to talk about their new play...

Trump Tower and the city skyline

June 17, 2018 at 5:59 p.m.

The Trump Tower is in the news again (how am I not surprised by this?). Our architecture critic Blair Kamin is taking to task those responsible for erecting the words...

Trump Tower and the city skyline

August 25, 2021 at 5:38 a.m.

The Trump Tower is in the news again (how am I not surprised by this?). Our architecture critic Blair Kamin is taking to task those responsible for erecting the words...

Stuart Dybek

June 17, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

I was delighted to meet Stuart Dybek, the celebrated writer who lives in Evanston. Years ago, our work appeared alongside each other in the Tribune when a short essay of...

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