Days after the DOJ announced Trump's new "anti-weaponization fund," Chicago's "Broadview Six" case collapsed amid federal misconduct claims. The defendants have been called "Exhibit 1" for the fund. But they also protested Trump. W/ @sophiesherry.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/white-house/...

Illinois State Police launches investigation into deadly ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González Scoop by @sophiesherry.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Cook County's top prosecutor wouldn't denounce Trump because she wanted to 'maintain' her relationship with the feds, emails show. The latest on a bid for a special prosecutor to take on Operation Midway Blitz agents, w/ @sophiesherry.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Body camera footage released Friday shows that Chicago police officer Carlos Baker sat in a stairwell for more than 90 seconds after shooting his partner Krystal Rivera last summer, leaving her bleeding from a gunshot he initially said had been fired by someone else.

Statement from Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke:

A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz. @sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

A Chicago police officer faces dismissal nearly four years after he shot and paralyzed a 13-year-old boy who was holding a cellphone that was mistaken for a gun, @sophiesherry.bsky.social reports. chicago.suntimes.com/police-refor...

Keshia Golden says she fatally stabbed her abusive boyfriend when he attacked her after their baby shower. Now a mother to a 3-year-old, Golden still faces murder charges in a case her lawyers argue amounts to self-defense. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Over the past month, elected officials have criticized Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke for failing to act as aggressively as her counterparts in Minnesota in response to shootings by federal agents.

NEWS: One of the Chicago police officers who fatally shot Dexter Reed during a traffic stop in 2024 has now been accused of threatening to beat up a fellow cop at a Norwood Park bar over the weekend. Story by @sophiesherry.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/dexter-reed/...

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is being called upon to take action in the wake of Trump's deportation blitz. But when asked what she can do, she basically says her hands are tied. @sophiesherry.bsky.social reports on the mounting pressure: chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

Federal agents carried out a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment complex last fall with the permission of the building’s owner and manager, according to new court filings that corroborate key allegations driving a state investigation.

Robert Held told Brookfield police he followed ICE Officer Adam Saracco from the Broadview ICE facility and was recording him as he stopped for gas. He said Saracco then threw him to the ground.

The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

ICE officer charged with misdemeanor for attacking immigrant rights activist in Chicago suburb From @sophiesherry.bsky.social and @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/23/i...

The IL Dept. of Human Rights is investigating the building's owner/managers after reports feds were called to intimidate residents. In 2024, they filed 25 evictions — more than the 20 filed in the previous four years combined. Most owed $900-1,050 in rent, per @sophiesherry.bsky.social's reporting.

Illinois prevails at U.S. Supreme Court on National Guard deployment, for now. UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

We went to Greg Bovino’s mountain hometown and his last posting along the Mexico-California border — and also traced his family tree. Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

The mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday in which she says her daughter’s partner Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase on June 5. tinyurl.com/5krk79br

Two Chicago cops were recently promoted despite investigators finding sexual misconduct. An @invisible.institute and @propublica.org investigation published in the Sun-Times found the Chicago Police Department has ignored repeated calls to address this decades-long issue.

From @chicago.suntimes.com on the now-public body-cam footage that was relied upon by Judge Sara Ellis. H/t to @sophiesherry.bsky.social, Kade Heather, @vimiller.bsky.social @angelamassino.bsky.social and Kaitlin Washburn for taking on a holiday evidence drop: chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

Federal prosecutors in Chicago are dropping one of the most high-profile criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz. It's among the cases the feds have pointed to, including at the Supreme Court, to insist agents on the ground were under attack: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Latino U.S. citizens/ permanent residents racially profiled by immigration agents in Chicago. Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵

From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

Chicago police won’t release videos of the chaotic aftermath of a shooting last month involving a Border Patrol agent that rocked the Brighton Park neighborhood. The reason: Patrol Chief Jon Hein faces a complaint that he ordered cops not to assist the feds. tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh

Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.” That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

'It has really become a prison' A federal judge says the case has been made for a temporary restraining order governing conditions inside a suburban Chicago ICE facility central to the Trump administration's 'Midway Blitz.' UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using. There’s apparently few guardrails. A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh

U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform. "Good morning, your honor," he says.

NEW: On the eve of Greg Bovino's court-ordered appearance before Judge Sara Ellis, lawyers in the case ask her to fully bar the feds from using tear gas until she rules on a preliminary injunction. "Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."

Federal agents tear gassing the Lake View neighborhood.

Included is this screenshot of CBP commander Greg Bovino allegedly “throwing tear gas into a crowd without justification.”

Big shouts to @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social and @ashleerezin.bsky.social for catching this practice. Now the SoS has launched a hotline to track it.

Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where Judge Sara Ellis is expected to question officials from CBP and ICE about the treatment of protesters. CBP Deputy Incident Cmdr. Kyle Harvick and ICE Deputy Field Director Shawn Byers are expected to appear.

Propelling a #deportation blitz in #Chicago, U.S. #BorderPatrol boss Gregory Bovino is using tactics similar to those that sparked lawsuits against him and other feds in #California. @schuba.bsky.social @sophiesherry.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

'Political Opposition is not Rebellion' Today's @chicago.suntimes.com front page story on Thursday's ruling from the federal appeals court in Chicago. National Guard deployment still blocked in Illinois: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans signed an order effective Wednesday that prohibits civil arrests of people while at county courts, though judicial warrants can still be carried out.

The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys. Story tk in the morning.

This of course comes four days after a federal judge in Chicago concluded that the Trump administration's "perception of events" around Chicago "are simply unreliable." chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed. “I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care. Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park. His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...

Residents at the South Shore building targeted by federal agents blame the owner and property manager for “inhumane” conditions that city efforts did little to improve and which predate the arrival of immigrants. trib.al/Lsp1vyu

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...