Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look at the leaders and laws that have shaped ...

Chicago has always provided a place for the disenfranchised, whether from the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, or today for those fleeing violence, famine, environmental disasters or ...

New Attorney General Pam Bondi is going after the sanctuary cities that refuge for migrants in the country without authorization.

The suit alleges that “sanctuary laws” like Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance and Illinois’s TRUST Act, which limit local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities, are ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appearance is likely to represent a flashpoint in the ongoing battle with the GOP-controlled U.S ...

Sanctuary laws prevent local authorities ... Some of those hurdles include Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which bars local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE, a Cook County policy ...

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson — who is specifically named in the lawsuit — has defiantly stood by his city’s sanctuary law in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election ...

In a resolution reaffirming Chicago’s sanctuary city status and “refuge for refugees from around the world,” Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, says it’s up to the federal government to make that decision.

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...