The “non-regulatory guidance” on immigration enforcement actions was issued two days after President Trump was inaugurated for his second term.
Chicago Public Schools prevented officers from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according
"Our greatest concern is that people may choose not to come to us for help out of fear," said Northern Illinois Food Bank CEO Julie Yorko.
A civil liberties group is concerned that state Sen. Terri Bryant is encouraging prison workers to circumvent the state’s sanctuary law.
Concerns about immigration raids are already impacting school attendance in some areas of Illinois, and the state superintendent of schools said he's concerned. This comes as Governor JB Pritzker is suggesting planned raids in Illinois could be political payback.
A downstate Republican lawmaker is urging Illinois prison employees to secretly send her information on incarcerated undocumented immigrants so she can pass the information on to federal immigration authorities.
"Guidance reinforces students’ right to education, regardless of immigration status, and advises school districts to develop local policies," ISBE said.
After the Trump administration said schools and churches were not off-limits for immigration arrests, Aurora area schools brace for possible encounters with ICE.
President Donald Trump is using executive orders to roll back rights for immigrants. Here is what to know about Illinois’ and Chicago’s immigration policies and how they relate to schools.
After Chicago Public Schools (CPS) initially claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents visited a South Side elementary school Friday morning, it was later confirmed that this was not the case.
The White House says deportation flights have begun. In Illinois, the Pritzker administration is conducting a “know-your-rights” campaign for foreign nationals in the country illegally.