Each county in Illinois also has a sheriff. The sheriff is an elected position, and sheriffs serve a four-year term. Cook ...

As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public officials in Chicago have been scaling up protections for immigrants. Both Chicago Mayor Brandon ...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters Johnson and the mayors for three other major cities – ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation ...

The Trump administration is suing Chicago over what are known as sanctuary laws. The administration claims the nation’s third ...

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois for sanctuary policies that ...

This lawsuit will put the spotlight on obstruction by state and local officials and their refusal to support the administration and compliance with the law,” a DOJ official told The ...

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...

The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies that bar local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a ...

The Trump administration stepped up its legal fight over the president’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants by suing ...

Chicago has always provided a place for the disenfranchised, whether from the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, or today for those fleeing violence, famine, environmental disasters or ...

The group distributes books on the sanctuary movement and holds rallies in downtown Chicago to bring awareness to the issues facing Central American refugees. A week after 18 workers driving cabs ...