CHICAGO (AP) — A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions. The Trump administration has targeted the Chicago area for its latest immigration enforcement surge touting hundreds of arrests in the past ... Read more
Immigration Protest Near Chicago Turns Chaotic After Federal Agents Use Chemicals .QN
BROADVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago on Friday. The conflict over several hours is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago, amid a surge of ... Read more
Florida Officials Report Over 6,000 Immigration Arrests in Sweeping Crackdown .QN
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Over the last five months, Florida law enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a U.S. Border Patrol official announced Friday, as the state continues its aggressive approach to help carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. The announcement comes as Department of Homeland Security officials declared they are ... Read more
ICE Killing in Chicago Leaves Mexican Hometown Heartbroken and Angry .QN
IRIMBO, Michoacan, Mexico, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Family and friends gathered in a small Mexican town on Friday to mourn and demand justice for a 38-year-old father of two who was killed by an immigration agent during an arrest attempt in a Chicago suburb earlier this month. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez left Irimbo, in Mexico's Michoacan state, for the United States 18 years ago. He returned on Thursday in a coffin after he ... Read more
Trump Set to Meet Top Congressional Leaders on Monday, White House Confirms .QN
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the top Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on Monday to discuss government funding ahead of a September 30 deadline to keep the government open, a White House official said on Saturday. Trump had previously scrapped a meeting with the top Congressional Democrats - Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer - to ... Read more