Gregory Royal Pratt

Raised in Little Village, Gregory Royal Pratt is an investigative reporter. He has been a finalist for the Livingston and earned recognition from the National Headliner Awards, the Lisagors, and Scripps Howard. He is the author of “The City is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis.”

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after testifying Oct. 28, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

November 25, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

A full transcript of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been made public in an ongoing lawsuit accusing federal immigration agents of routinely violating a restraining order on tactics in Chicago.

Street vendor Carlos Garcia uses tongs to bag steaming tamales at the family’s tamale cart along 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village on Nov. 22, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago immigrants left with hope, trauma and resolve after Operation Midway Blitz

November 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and his agents move on to other cities, those affected by the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area face a new normal in its...

Ernesto Diaz stands near the corner in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2025, where he was detained by federal authorities in September despite being a U.S. citizen. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’

November 15, 2025 at 10:07 a.m.

The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.

U.S. Border Patrol agents exchange handcuffs for plastic zipties while transferring detainees they picked up landscaping on Chicago’s Northwest Side into a van in Niles on Oct. 31, 2025, during immigration enforcement operations. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show

November 14, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.

Diana Santillana Galeano, who was detained by federal agents at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center on the North Side of Chicago. (Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd.)

Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’

November 13, 2025 at 10:05 a.m.

Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal

November 12, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.

Nevest Coleman with his grandchildren Chanel, left, and Shaniya alongside his sister Jennice on Aug. 24, 2025, in Chicago. Coleman is to receive a $5 million settlement after suing Cook County over a wrongful conviction. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Cook County to pay $10M to 2 men wrongly convicted in 1994 slaying

November 10, 2025 at 1:10 p.m.

The two men are still suing Chicago over allegations police coerced them into false confessions and framed them in a woman's gruesome death.

Ingrid Guanume's husband, Brayan Plata, was detained by federal immigration enforcement officers while working as a landscaper in Skokie, Nov. 6, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

‘How can we help?’ Lincoln Square school rallies around family after ICE takes parent of special needs child

November 7, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

Teachers reached out to the child's mother, Ingrid Guanume, who told them federal immigration agents had taken her husband, Brayan Plata.

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks with agents conducting immigration enforcement sweeps in the Edison Park neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here

November 6, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Media petitioned U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to release the recordings, which were filed under seal as part of a lawsuit led by the...

An image from video captures federal agents taking an employee from inside Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center, in the 2500 block of West Addison Street in the North Center neighborhood, early Wednesday. (WGN-TV)

Immigration agents take day care worker from inside North Center facility

November 6, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

In a video circulating on social media, agents in vests can be seen dragging the woman out of the school building shortly after 7 a.m.

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