In one case, attorneys say a Chicago resident was detained for hours and only released after federal agents realized he was a U.S. citizen.

It comes as President Donald Trump's administration has begun a crackdown on illegal immigration. The administration filed a ...

Illinois attorneys pushed back Tuesday on a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice targeting the state’s so-called ...

The Department of Homeland Security touted major progress Tuesday in its efforts to deport migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission across the country, but migrant advocates are voicing ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural Midwest, according to a Stateline analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau county ...

SPRINGFIELD At a Capitol news conference Tuesday, Assistant Republican Leader C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) criticized the ...

A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

Legalcategory· February 6, 2025 US sues Illinois and Chicago for impeding Trump immigration crackdown The Justice Department accused the Democratic strongholds of unlawfully interfering with ...

Following the arrest of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the ...

They said the DOJ failed to state any federal violations and that Illinois had a constitutional right to enforce its own immigration laws and “opt out” of enforcing federal ones.