With the Trump Administration escalating its crackdown in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered the creation of “ICE-free zones” throughout the city to limit the areas in which federal authorities can carry out their immigration enforcement operations.

Illinois and the city of Chicago are suing the Trump administration over its effort to deploy National Guard troops in the state. They want a judge to block the administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard, and also have it barred from sending troops from any other states to Illinois.

Among those arrested, DHS identified a Venezuelan man officials allege is affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang.

Illinois and Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to the city, just as troops prepared to deploy and hours after a federal judge blocked troops from being sent to Portland,

U.S. District Judge April M. Perry is allowing the Trump administration to proceed with plans to deploy troops to Illinois, for now.

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara has taken a voluntary leave of absence from his position with the Illinois FOP board.

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker rejected an “ultimatum” from the US Department of War on Saturday to deploy troops in Chicago — and claimed that the Trump administration would respond by federalizing hundreds of Illinois National Guard members.