U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis’ ruling is aimed at protecting the free speech rights of journalists, clergy and protesters in Chicago.

“That’s harder to detect and harder to organize around,” he says. “And yet the need remains.” ...

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis presides over a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against Homeland Security. It alleges Midway Blitz was designed to coerce the state and city into assisting the ...

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday declined to immediately dismiss a lawsuit that prompted a court order limiting immigration agents' use of force during Operation Midway Blitz, citing in part ...

Even before the immigration arrests began, Little Village faced gentrification pressures. Now, with some businesses straining to remain open and calls from real estate speculators ramping up, some ...

Newly released data shows that Operation Midway Blitz led to the deportation of nearly 2,500 immigrants — most of them with no criminal record — during last fall's immigration enforcement surge that ...

CHICAGO — A lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security had people scratching their heads in a Chicago federal court hearing Friday after telling the judge in an ongoing immigration lawsuit that ...

ICE records show 85% of the 3,841 people detained in Chicago's Midway Blitz had no earlier conviction. Here's what the data ...

Chicago voters will be asked a non-binding question of whether the city should pursue financial compensation for 'Operation ...

The leader of a South Side police district who was recently disciplined for his role in the Chicago police’s response to a high-profile confrontation on the city’s southwest side during Operation ...

The primary city agency mandated to act as a civilian-oriented check on Chicago police was divided as they sought accountability over Operation Midway Blitz.

ICE agents may have to hand over their phones amid concerns that agents used personal phones for official communications during the operation.