Chicago Immigration Clips – October 14, 2025

  • Chicago Sun-Times: Most Chicagoans think using the National Guard for policing is ‘unacceptable,’ poll finds (link)

  • MSNBC/Jacob Soboroff: Trump says immigrants are driving violent crime in Illinois, but ICE can’t find many who are (link)
  • ABC Chicago: Cardinal Blase Cupich calls Trump administration’s immigration tactics unnecessary, intolerable (link)
  • Fox 32 Chicago: WGN employee disputes Border Patrol account of detainment: ‘Alarming and horrifying’ (link)
  • Windy City Times: Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident (link)
  • Chicago Tribune: Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward (link)
  • Chicago Tribune: Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents (link)
  • Evanston Now: Evanston to create its own ‘ICE-free zones’ (link)

North Side Raids; Neighbors Block Arrests and Rally Against ICE

  • Block Club Chicago: 400 Rogers Park Neighbors Rally After ICE Arrests 4, Including Tamale Vendor (link)
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: ‘We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today’ (link)

  • Block Club Chicago: Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas In Albany Park As Neighbors Block Immigration Arrest (link)
  • WTTW: While National Guard deployment remains blocked, ICE Strike Teams escalate North Side raids (link)

Broadview

  • ABC Chicago: ICE has until Tuesday night to remove fence around Broadview facility to meet judge’s deadline (link)
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Broadview mayor shrinks protest zones at ICE facility (link)
  • Fox 32 Chicago: Durbin, Duckworth denied access to Broadview ICE facility amid legal disputes (link)
  • Chicago Tribune: Illinois lawmakers look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area (link)
  • NBC News: How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview into a chaotic, militarized town (link)

Other News

  • Chicago Tribune: ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’ (link)
  • Chicago Tribune: Forest Park cemetery workers recount traumatic clash with ICE; mayor calls for crackdown to end (link)
  • Chicago Sun-Times (op-ed): Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past (link)
  • Axios: Chicago schools and churches on alert amid growing ICE raid reports (link)
  • The Guardian: ‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities? (link)