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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has fired a staffer accused of misrepresenting himself as an attorney and falsifying an official form to visit and secure the release of a Staunton restaurant owner detained by immigration agents.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Johnson said there are currently only four people being held at the Broadview facility, a drastic reduction that comes weeks after detainees there testified they had been crammed into rooms with hundreds of others.
Broadview’s mayor has declared a civil emergency following a series of “serious and credible” threats made against village officials and increasing protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
Federal immigration officials used the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web” to name their latest crackdown, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said most faced charges of obstruction, disorderly conduct, and walking on a highway. One also faced a charge of mob action. Their ages ranged from 23 to 67.
Attorneys representing a group of Chicago journalists and protesters claim immigration agents have repeatedly violated a sweeping injunction limiting the use of “riot control weapons,” less than a week after it was put into effect by a federal judge.
Diana Santillana Galeano, who had been held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Clay County, Indiana, was released Wednesday night, hours after a federal judge granted a habeas petition.
Judge Signals Hundreds of People Detained in Chicago Immigration Crackdown Could Be Released On Bond
Hundreds of people who have been arrested and detained in the Chicago area during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown could soon be released on bond.
Abughazaleh and five others entered their not guilty pleas before a packed courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Building on Wednesday,
As national attention focused on Chicago, federal immigration agents carried out a wave of raids across the suburbs, sparking outrage and fear in communities including Aurora and Evanston. Local leaders say the aggressive actions and lack of transparency have left residents shaken and demanding accountability.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, along with his agents, are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week.
President Donald Trump’s vow to wage the biggest domestic deportation program in American history. Here is a look at the agencies involved and how their complicated and often overlapping duties have evolved.
“This overbroad and unworkable injunction has no basis in law, threatens the safety of federal officers, and violates the separation of powers,” DOJ attorneys wrote in their appeal.
No one was injured in the shooting reported by federal agents, according to a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department.
Attorneys Seek Release of Day Care Teacher Detained by Federal Agents, Moved to Indiana ICE Facility
Attorneys filed an updated petition Thursday seeking the release of Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, who, at the time, was being held at the ICE processing center in Broadview. Santillana Galeano has since been moved to an ICE facility in Clark County, Indiana, according to her attorney.
After daylong hearings, hours of witness testimony and high-profile rulings, Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Building has served as the battleground over the Trump administration’s wildly expanded immigration enforcement efforts throughout northern Illinois.