Kate Perez

Kate Perez is a former intern who covered emerging news and education for the Tribune.

Un inmigrante que actualmente se encuentra detenido por las autoridades federales de inmigración en la cárcel del condado de Porter habla durante una videollamada el miércoles 3 de septiembre de 2025. (Kyle Telechan/para el Post-Tribune)

‘Nos destruyeron’: Mujer de East Chicago con esquizofrenia que optó por la deportación ahora está desaparecida en México

November 21, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

Los agentes federales arrestaron una mujer y su hija en East Chicago en Junio. Ahora la hija, que padece esquizofrenia, está desaparecida en México.

An immigrant currently on federal immigration hold in the Porter County Jail speaks during a video call on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘They destroyed us’: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation now missing in Mexico

November 12, 2025 at 4:02 p.m.

When federal immigration agents raided Martha Porcallo Martinez's East Chicago, Indiana home on June 12, they also arrested her 26-year-old daughter who has schizophrenia.

‘Everybody’s hungry’: Food distribution event sees hundreds of people amid SNAP uncertainty

November 1, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Over 500 people sought out free food distributed Saturday morning as federal assistance programs remain in limbo.

Chicago Board of Education member Michilla Blaise speaks during a meeting, Aug. 13, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

CPS board agrees to pay $175M pension payment to city, tables decision on EPIC Academy

October 31, 2025 at 1:22 p.m.

The year-long debate over who will pay for the pensions of non-teaching Chicago Public Schools employees ended after a tense, hours-long meeting where the Chicago Board of Education voted to...

Sophomore Piper Jade Laskey Terry, 15, and her father, John Terry, walk to The Chicago High School for the Arts, aka ChiArts, on Oct. 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Students, families rally around CPS contract schools with uncertain futures

October 29, 2025 at 6:07 p.m.

With multiple Chicago contracted schools facing potential closures and financial issues, parents and students say the schools are necessary.

Students from the Little Village Lawndale High School campus walk along West 26th Street to protest recent immigration enforcement actions in the area, Oct. 28, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity

October 28, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.

Little Village high school students walked the streets calling for an end to ICE and deportations in Chicago.

Brian Kolp carries tear gas near his home that was used by border patrol officers at the scene where residents say a landscaper worker, a resident of the area, and a woman on a bike were detained on the 3700 block of North Kildare Avenue Saturday Oct. 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’

October 27, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

Children found after Amber alert issued in Riverdale, suspect still at large, officials say

October 27, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

Four children were recovered and are being medically evaluated after an Amber Alert was issued about them Saturday morning,

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King arrives for a Board of Education meeting, Aug. 13, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Amid ICE surge, Board of Education urges CPS to offer remote learning

October 23, 2025 at 7:52 p.m.

With immigration sweeps happening across the city, school board members are urging the district to offer greater support for students whose families are being targeted.

Demonstrators gather at Butler Field for the "No Kings" rally and march on Oct. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

‘No Kings’ rally in downtown Chicago draws more than 100K protesters: ‘You fight for the people’

October 18, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

The No Kings “Hands off Chicago” protest was one of roughly 2,500 similar demonstrations against the Trump administration planned across the country and globe, according to organizers.

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