October 28, 2025
An Illinois federal judge has ordered a top Border Patrol official overseeing the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Chicago to appear before her every weekday ahead of a Nov. 5 preliminary injunction hearing and to wear a body camera, after she questioned him on the stand Tuesday about his agency's recent uses of force.
October 20, 2025
Two immigration officials defended their agencies' recent use of force during the Trump administration's ongoing enforcement crackdown in Chicago on Monday, taking the stand after an Illinois federal judge expressed concern that they were violating her earlier order temporarily barring them from using allegedly violent silencing tactics against the media and peaceful protesters.
October 08, 2025
An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday that she will temporarily restrain federal agents from using allegedly violent silencing tactics against press and peaceful protesters, and she won't limit her order to the detention facility U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates in the Chicago suburb of Broadview.
October 06, 2025
Chicago-area journalists and demonstrators on Monday sued the Trump administration in Illinois federal court, alleging in a proposed class action that federal agents in full combat gear have been violently violating their First Amendment rights to protest peacefully and report news.