Immigration

US appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond

By Audrey McAvoy

March 26, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday,...

A driver gets out of the “Abolish ICE” snowplow that won the naming contest, on March 25, 2026, at a Streets and Sanitation facility in the West Town neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago’s ‘Abolish ICE’ snowplow unveiled by Mayor Brandon Johnson as winner of annual contest

By Jake Sheridan

March 25, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

More than 9,000 people voted to rename one of six new Chicago snowplows "Abolish ICE"...

Terese Jackway, left, of Naperville, Lynne Sherman, of Lisle, and Lisa Yost, of Naperville, make signs during a "No Kings" protest sign-making event at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Naperville, March 16, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)

At ‘No Kings’ protests, clergy and protesters of faith plan to rally against Donald Trump

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

March 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A diverse array of Chicago area religious leaders are gearing up to take part in...

The honorary César Chavez street sign marks a stretch of South Blue Island Avenue on March 19, 2026, in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago schools, parks consider renaming César Chavez monuments after bombshell sexual abuse allegations

By Rebecca Johnson

March 19, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

The reaction to the César Chavez allegations was swift as leaders across the country, including...

FILE — Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, at the Federal Building in Los Angeles, Aug. 20, 2025. Bovino, the combative border official empowered by the Trump administration to run major immigration operations across the United States, plans to retire in the coming weeks, he told The New York Times on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

Gregory Bovino to retire from Border Patrol

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

March 18, 2026 at 8:46 a.m.

Gregory Bovino, the combative border official empowered by the Trump administration to run major immigration...

People yell at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and other agents while they stop at a gas station while conducting an immigration enforcement action, Dec. 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

How Gregory Bovino became a face of Donald Trump’s mass deportations and ended his career

By Elliot Spagat

March 18, 2026 at 8:57 a.m.

Gregory Bovino, who became a face of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics in...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., arrives before Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin presents President Donald Trump with a bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Markwayne Mullin makes his case as a steady hand for DHS but faces Senate pushback over his temperament

By Rebecca Santana

March 18, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, appears before senators on Wednesday...

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, center left, Joselyn Walsh, center right, and Andre Martin, center, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Attorneys in ‘Broadview Six’ case say conspiracy charges violates First Amendment, has ‘chilling’ effect

By Jason Meisner

March 16, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

Lawyers in the case against immigration protesters in Broadview say it criminalizes First Amendment rights...

FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

As President Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

By Rebecca Santana

March 15, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

For all the boasting, the administration has been releasing less reliable, carefully vetted data than...

Victor Jardon-Reyes, a DACA recipient, sits in his home in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on March 4, 2026. Jardon-Reyes' application for DACA renewal has been so delayed that he lost his job. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

DACA delays lead to lost jobs, less stability and anxiety over potential deportation under Donald Trump

By Gregory Royal Pratt

March 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Without the renewal, DACA recipients are in danger of being placed in deportation proceedings.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

State Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450

By Matthew Lee

March 13, 2026 at 7:08 p.m.

After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their...

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, center, and her deputy campaign manager, Andre Martin, far left, leave with their attorneys from the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing on charges of conspiracy during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

‘Broadview Six’ attorneys seek White House communications to explore potential Trump administration influence on charges

By Jason Meisner

March 18, 2026 at 11:06 a.m.

Lawyers in the "Broadview Six" conspiracy case are demanding communications from top Trump administration officials...

Joselyn Walsh leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Feds drop charges against 2 of the ‘Broadview Six’ immigration protesters

By Jason Meisner

March 12, 2026 at 8:07 p.m.

Chicago's top federal prosecutor on Thursday abruptly moved to drop charges against two defendants in...