City Room - Immigration

Vigil Slams Immigrant Detention Conditions

A hundred people march to an immigration center in west suburban Broadview.

Posted on 9.25.2008 by City Room

Officer’s Indictment Pleases Victims’ Families

A Chicago cop faces felony charges in a fatal car crash last year. The officer had been drinking in a downtown bar.

Posted on 9.24.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Cop in Fatal Crash Faces Felony Charges

Chicago Officer John Ardelean had been drinking before his SUV broadsided a sedan on Chicago’s North Side last Thanksgiving.

Posted on 9.23.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Operation Breaks Alleged Fake ID Ring

15 alleged members of a bogus ID ring in Chicago appeared in court for the first time today on federal conspiracy charges.

Posted on 9.19.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Immigration Raid Targets West Side Homes

Residents of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood say helicopters hovered over agents who entered houses and apartments.

Posted on 9.19.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Immigration Sweeps Spark Criticism

Advocates speak up for ‘fugitive aliens’ arrested in Illinois and Indiana.

Posted on 9.18.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Federal Arrests Target ‘Fugitive Aliens’

A four-day immigration operation in Illinois and Indiana puts 144 people behind bars.

Posted on 9.17.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Meat Industry Turns to Refugees for Labor

Arkansas-based Tyson Foods has convinced some Burmese to leave Chicago and work in packinghouses as far away as Kansas. The refugees desperately need jobs, but it’s not clear they know what they’re getting into.

Posted on 9.12.2008 by Chip Mitchell

PACs Try to Bring Spotlight Back to Immigration

A new Chicago group raises money for Congressional candidates who support giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.

Posted on 9.10.2008 by City Room

Immigrant’s Family Asks for Second Autopsy

But the Chicago hospital where he’d spent weeks in a coma says he received exemplary care.

Posted on 8.28.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Immigrant’s Kin Fears Hospital to ‘Deport’ Him

The family says it has blocked an alleged plan by University of Illinois Medical Center to move the critically ill man back to Mexico.

Posted on 8.19.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Immigration Officials: Turn Yourself In

A new immigration program urges fugitives to turn themselves in.

Posted on 8.5.2008 by City Room

Congressmen Head to Iowa to Look Into Raid

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez of Chicago is leading a delegation this morning to meet with some of the nearly 400 meatpackers arrested in May.

Posted on 7.26.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Busloads of Chicagoans to March in Iowa

They plan to voice support for nearly 400 workers arrested in the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.

Posted on 7.25.2008 by Chip Mitchell

Day Laborers to Get Safety Gear on Soccer Field

A researcher says the relaxed setting will enable training them to use the equipment.

Posted on 7.20.2008 by City Room