Democratic candidates for Will County sheriff spoke at a forum on about their vision for the sheriff’s office and addressed questions on dealing with federal immigration enforcement.

An ordinance that calls for monitoring some Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in Downers Grove is expected to be approved Tuesday the Village Council

Homeland Security and affiliated agencies are piloting and deploying more than 100 artificial intelligence systems, including some used in law enforcement activities, according to the department’s disclosure Wednesday

Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday

More than 100 people came to the outdoor vigil held Wednesday night for Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti who was shot to death.

The Trump administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota, but only if state and local officials cooperate, the president’s border czar said Thursday

Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for immigration enforcement

The event starts at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Joliet on the east end of the Jefferson Street bridge.

The national No Kings movement plans to take to the streets this spring to protest the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents

More than three dozen people crowded into the Legislative Center in Sycamore on Monday night to urge DeKalb County officials to speak out in support of immigrants and address concerns about federal enforcement policy.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office did not violate Illinois law after two men facing local criminal charges were taken into federal custody by immigration agents, contrary to a state report recently published that alleged otherwise, State's Attorney Jamie Mosser announced.

Bolingbrook police officials said they were not aware federal agents were conducting the immigration enforcement on Tuesday and they did not provide assistance.

Audio: Monday evening, DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan responded to a vocal group of residents that urged DeKalb County officials to address ICE-related concerns. Listen to what Sullivan had to say here

From Capitol News Illinois: The three candidates — Rep. Robin Kelly of Lynwood, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton — all to varying degrees called for ICE to be dismantled but differed on the extent

The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt

DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan addressed a large crowd gathered at a DeKalb County Board committee meeting on Monday night as residents voiced concerns about federal immigration policy. "We don't work with ICE," he said.

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered his border czar to oversee the immigration crackdown in Minnesota and declared that he was now on a “similar wavelength” as the governor following the second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month

A federal judge heard arguments Monday over Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown, posing skeptical questions to both sides about the effort that has led to two fatal shootings by federal officers

Veteran motivated to attend Sunday event because of her pledge to defend the Constitution.

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers

Indivisible of Ogle County held an "emergency protest" in downtown Oregon on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, with approximately 120 people attending carrying signs criticizing the Trump administration's deployment of ICE officers and the Saturday shooting death of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, a sign that the Trump administration’s accounting of events may face bipartisan scrutiny

The videos appear to contradict statements by the Trump administration, which said the shots were fired “defensively” against Pretti as he “approached” them with a gun

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis

Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a federal agent shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minnesota

Family members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration. Alex Pretti, 37, was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois

Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier

“Roughly 100 clergy” were arrested, according to Trevor Cochlin of Faith in Minnesota, one of the groups organizing the protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Several lawmakers from Illinois vowed to oppose a spending bill for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that nevertheless passed on Thursday with a 220-207 vote in the House.

A man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty over Snapchat for the life of a top Border Patrol leader was found not guilty on Thursday in the first criminal trial stemming from the Chicago-area immigration crackdown that started last year

Republicans were able to overcome the Democratic objections and muscle the Homeland Security bill to passage in a 220-207 vote

From Capitol News Illinois: Previous reporting revealed no one arrested by federal law enforcement during the raid was ever charged with a crime, and no evidence has been released to tie two men who were arrested to a violent Venezuelan gang, despite claims by federal officials

The House will look to pass this year’s final tranche of spending bills on Thursday, an effort that is being complicated by Democratic lawmakers’ concerns that the measure funding the Department of Homeland Security inadequately addresses President Donald Trump’s mass deportation

Despite the urging of some residents and similar action by nearby towns, St. Charles' mayor said an ordinance to restrict ICE activity would be unenforceable and instill a false sense of security.

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal ICE memo, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches

Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press

It is up to each person to find the cost of freedom.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly introduced articles of impeachment against the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, regarding self-dealing for personal benefit and obstruction of Congress. Kelly said Noem used her position to guide a federal contract to a firm operated by a friend

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis

A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, officials said

Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned, and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents left Minnesota tense on Tuesday

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration, seeking to severely limit immigration agents’ authority in the state and accusing the feds of unleashing an “organized bombardment” to coerce state and local officials to change immigration policies

More than 800 people gathered in downtown La Grange Sunday to participate in a vigil and march protesting ICE and the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good

About 100 people on Friday, Jan. 9, attended the Oregon event organized by Indivisible of Ogle County – the local chapter of the Indivisible Project network that has held several rallies in Oregon critical of the Trump administration’s policies and actions.

A candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good was held Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, on the Ogle County Courthouse Square in Oregon.

A group of more than 100 people held candles, sang, and prayed together in English and Spanish in DeKalb Friday to mourn a woman killed by federal agents in Minnesota this week. Peace Corner was lit by candles placed in the area by the group Esperanza Latina.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten is calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: “The murder of Renee Good is a tragic episode in a story of harm and destruction orchestrated by Secretary Noem and ICE that must not be tolerated anywhere," Casten said

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests