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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."

2 A.M.

July 2, 2026 at 11:25 a.m.

We asked six photographers to capture a slice of the city at an hour when most Chicagoans are asleep. Here’s what they came back with one Thursday in September.

Voices of Chicago

July 2, 2026 at 11:51 a.m.

Melissa Bell aims to revive the partnership between WBEZ and the Sun-Times

Welcome to Northwestern University at Stateville

July 2, 2026 at 12:06 p.m.

Inside this maximum security prison, a groundbreaking program offers inmates the chance to earn a degree from one of the country’s top schools. Some will never leave these walls. Here’s...

“Cleaning Is Something I Can Do”

July 2, 2026 at 12:06 p.m.

In this essay for Northwestern professor Alex Kotlowitz’s narrative nonfiction class, a Stateville inmate from the South Side writes about how he manages to regain a sense of control in...

The Group Raising Hell About the L

July 2, 2026 at 12:08 p.m.

Commuters Take Action cofounder Fabio Göttlicher wants you to know that Chicago’s public transit system is in trouble.

The Long Game

July 2, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Emma Tai started out fighting school closings and ended up helping elect a mayor.

Go Inside the Action at Wrigley Field

July 2, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

This incredible 360° video highlights the sights and sounds of Sunday’s World Series excitement.

‘Miracle Baby’ the sparkle of hope

June 17, 2018 at 1:01 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 1:12 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...

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