Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement.

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson will defend Chicago’s status as a “welcoming city” for immigrants before the Republican-controlled U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

Incoming border czar Tom Homan came out swinging in Chicago this week, saying mass deportations would start in the Windy City, telling residents, "Your mayor sucks and your governor sucks." ...

Prospects of a raid in Chicago come just a few weeks after Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the city and threatened to prosecute the mayor if he did not cooperate.

The City of Chicago is being investigated for its "sanctuary city" status, as immigration officers continue to make arrests in the city and around the U.S. On Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Chicago’s top migrant official is walking back a prediction from city leaders last month that tens of thousands of migrants would arrive by bus ahead of next week’s Democratic National ...

Chicago has welcomed more than 50,000 people who arrived in the country from the US-Mexico border since 2022, largely from Republican-driven measures to send people seeking asylum from their ...

When Rogers Park was annexed to Chicago, in 1893, Howard Street became the city’s boundary with Evanston. The little 80-acre neighborhood just north of Howard along the lake was known as ...

Here in Chicago, the promised influx of migrants from Texas to coincide with the Democratic National Convention hasn't materialized, and, today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will defend residents ... President Trump wasted no time after taking the oath of office in declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Empty streets in downtown Chicago on the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency. The reported ICE raids set to target migrants in the Windy City have so far not materialized.