Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance prohibits the city’s police department from working and coordinating with federal ...

Chicago has long been a welcoming place for immigrants, dating back to our origins as a city. In 1985, Mayor Harold ...

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week, and his border czar, Tom Homan, has made it clear that Chicago tops his list for deportations. With a ...

Ald. Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares' proposal would have reinstated a controversial practice of allowing police to ...

Chicago leaders are blocking a move that would have made changes to its operation as a sanctuary city, including giving police the green light to flag the feds over migrants involved in gangs, drugs, ...

Less than a week before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Chicago City Council signaled its opposition to the President-elect’s ...

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...

Alderpeople blocked a vote on the proposed amendment by Alds. Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares that would have allowed ...

After days of increasing alarm among advocates for immigrant rights, the showdown over whether to amend Chicago’s Welcoming ...

CHICAGO - The Chicago City Council voted to block a proposal to allow city police to cooperate more with federal immigration enforcement on Wednesday. Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward) and Silvia Tabares ...

Aldermen will vote on whether to let police work with federal agents when undocumented immigrants are arrested for certain ...