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ICE denies using excessive force as it broadens immigration arrests in Chicago

An immigration enforcement operation in the Chicago area is troubling immigrants and activists because of what they say are increasingly aggressive tactics

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025

Dead rat and threatening note left outside office of Chicago official who spoke out against ICE raids

Threats to city officials come amid heightened tensions due to Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ immigration raids

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

City preparing to ‘right-size’ migrant shelters due to budget constraints

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), chair of the City Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said Deputy Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told him late last month of the city’s plan to, as she put it, “right-size” the migrant shelter system without offering details.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 12, 2024

Chicago aims to turn Diplomat Motel into ‘healthy housing’ for homeless people — with much more than a roof overhead

Chicago officials are closing in on plans to transform a budget motel along North Lincoln Avenue into a housing pilot that would provide on-site substance abuse and mental health treatment — part of the city’s long-term efforts to combat chronic homelessness by pairing temporary shelter with intensive health care.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 17, 2023

Once targeted for demolition, Lincoln Square motel slated to be ‘stabilization housing’

A City Council committee OKs plan to buy the Diplomat Motel for $2.9 million and use its 40 rooms to help people with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 10, 2023

With wildfire smoke and pollution, some want end to neighborhood fireworks: ‘It should be a no-brainer’

Every summer, some Winnemac Park residents await the Fourth of July with dread. The unofficial — and illegal — fireworks show that takes place in the park every year can upset those with post-traumatic stress disorder, pets and children, neighbors said.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 4, 2023

City could open as many as 5 migrant shelters

Potential sites for new shelters were identified in a memo distributed to Chicago City Council members before a meeting Wednesday of the Council’s Immigrant and Refugee Rights Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2023

Divided City Council approves $51 million in migrant crisis funding

The raucous meeting saw speakers shouting each other down, prompting appeals for decorum from Mayor Brandon Johnson. In the end, the funds transfer passed 34-13 — enough to carry Chicago only through June 30.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

Here’s how to help migrants arriving in Chicago

The city, advocates and community groups are aiming to help the tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Chicago with everything from clothes and toiletries to housing.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023

The long goodbye: City Council honors Mayor Lori Lightfoot, 13 departing members

Tears were shed, good-natured barbs traded, hatchets buried. One would never have known Ald. Edward Burke is leaving under the cloud of a federal indictment or that the mayor’s relationship with the Council was so contentious,

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2023