BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — Sheriff’s deputies removed a group of 14 suburban moms, as they call themselves, who were sitting in a circle in the middle of the road outside of the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as a symbol of civil disobedience on Friday. These are moms from across the western suburbs, they…
BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — Protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview once again, as they have done every Friday now for several weeks. Friday’s demonstration has remained fairly contained to one corner as protesters keep within the safety zone, speaking out against the Trump’s administration’s operation “Midway Blitz” and the…
CHICAGO (WLS) — Nearly 25% of FBI agents are now working on immigration enforcement, according to numbers provided by the FBI to Sen. Mark Warner’s office. But those numbers get even higher when looking at some of the biggest field offices around the country: up to 45% of those FBI agents are working on President…
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Trump administration is looking to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on Saturday. Pritzker said the Department of War gave him an ultimatum, telling him to call up the troops himself. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch “This…
CHICAGO (WLS) — Attorneys for the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) have argued in court that federal agents working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated the law when they detained a family of four this past weekend in front of the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park. The arrest took place on Sunday when…
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump was adamant with reporters on Sunday that “we’re not going to war” with Chicago, after he shared a post on Saturday with a caption that reads, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” “We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our cities,”…