Violet Miller

Partial benefits for those who were supposed to receive them Nov. 1 through 6 will be sent out starting Friday, the Illinois Department of Human Services told the Sun-Times in a statement.

Judge John R. McConnell of Rhode Island said the Trump Department of Transportation “blatantly overstepped” its authority in an attempt to “coerce States into cooperating with federal civil immigration enforcement.”

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking all owed wages, 5% interest, penalties — $2,000 per violation — and an equal amount of punitive damages, to be held in a trust for the affected employees.

Residents came out of their homes Saturday as ICE agents chased people on foot, deployed tear gas and took three people into custody in the Old Irving Park neighborhood.

In an email, Decatur Classical School officials say an employee of a vendor was taken into custody, but no students witnessed the incident. Officials emphasized that CPS will not cooperate with immigration enforcement without a warrant being presented.

Hoan Huynh was alerting the community on the Northwest Side to the presence of federal agents when they blocked his vehicle on a residential street and an agent pointed a gun at him and others in the vehicle, according to a statement from his office.

The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authorities.

Leadership at Naval Station Great Lakes have been informed that agents will be on base through "at least December," according to an email obtained by the Sun-Times.

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

Religious leaders are denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility