Chicago school officials claimed several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter a majority-Latino elementary school in the south side of Chicago on Friday, days after Donald Trump’s administration rescinded long-standing policy that prohibits law enforcement actions in schools and churches.
Law enforcement agents attempted entry into a Chicago elementary school Friday morning, but were not allowed inside or permitted to speak to anyone inside, Chicago Public Schools officials said.
The Chicago Police Department vowed Monday to not comply with or assist federal agencies like ICE when it comes to deporting illegal immigrants.
The ordinance prohibits city agencies and employees from participating in civil immigration enforcement or assisting federal authorities with such efforts.
Staff and volunteers hit the frigid streets Thursday night for the city's annual Point-in-Time count, a snapshot of people experiencing homelessness and living without shelter.
Four Chicago teens have been charged with conservation-related violations in the killing of a coyote earlier this month near the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, according to a statement from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Several Chicago Police officers may have been hurt in a crash in the Morgan Park neighborhood Thursday night. The crash happened at 115th Street and Ashland Avenue, across from Marshfield Plaza and just off Interstate 57. One vehicle was left on its side after the crash. This appeared to be a civilian vehicle.
CHICAGO - A man died after he was found shot inside a crashed car Friday morning in the Austin neighborhood. Around 3:30 a.m., police officers found the 37-year-old inside a crashed car, suffering from two gunshot wounds to the chest in the 4900 block of West North Avenue, according to CPD.
Police sources said a special order advisory about "responding to incidents involving citizenship status" was recently given to supervisors.
Chicago Public Schools prevented federal immigration officers from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials. The agents showed up at 11:15 a.
CHICAGO — Chicago school leaders say immigration agents showed up to an elementary school today in what may be the first of such actions since the Trump administration this week reversed federal policy to now permit immigration enforcement inside schools, hospitals and churches.
An Illinois legislator, who is also in law enforcement, suspects police departments and municipalities will lose federal funding if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Just hours after President Donald Trump took the oath of office,