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An agreement signed by former Chicago Police Department Superintendent of Police Eddie Johnson in April allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “designate certain employees” of the Chicago police as customs officers. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police officials are saying...

New American Economy, a bipartisan research group dedicated to immigration reform, released its second-annual Cities Index and named Chicago the most immigrant-friendly city in the United States. 51 factors are used to determine how well cities are creating environments that help immigrants succeed, including...

An internal memo from the Chicago Police Department instructs officers not to assist the Department of Homeland Security in any immigrant arrests. Instead, officers are told to wait until a CPD supervisor arrives on the scene and gives instructions: “if...