Celebrations started Saturday night in downtown Chicago and continue Sunday with parades in advance of Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16, 2025. This year’s celebrations come in the midst of increased ...

In the Lower West Side of Chicago, music blared and green, white and red flags fluttered down the streets of the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday as crowds gathered for the start ...

After launching "Operation Midway Blitz" at the beginning of September, there has been a rapid escalation of ICE in Chicago, ...

President Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard troops and immigration agents in Chicago have cast a shadow over Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Some festival organizers postponed events ...

Chicago residents have been on edge at the possibility of President Donald Trump deploying federal immigration agents and the National Guard in Chicago this week. Several Mexican-American groups have ...

A terrorist attack at a synagogue in northern England on Thursday is heightening safety concerns within Chicago’s Jewish ...

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Protesters gathered late Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago to demonstrate against U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A day after he threatened Chicago with deportations and the Department of War, President Donald Trump was pressed about the social media message. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, used a ...

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge, prompting some to carry their U.S. passports while ...

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