Good morning, Chicago.
As Chicago residents try to live their lives under President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” reports of federal agents using broad authority to detain and question U.S. citizens and legal residents have many people wondering what documents they should be carrying to prove their identity.
Since the start of the immigration enforcement surge last month, federal agents working with the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have arrested hundreds of people in Chicagoland for alleged violations of immigration policy.
In that sweep, numerous U.S. citizens and others have reported being detained, including a 44-year-old U.S. citizen who said agents zip-tied her and questioned her after work at a downtown bar earlier this month, and a Rogers Park man who agents fined $130 for not carrying his legal papers with him when they questioned him about his legal status last week.
So, what documents should people be carrying when stopped by agents? Here’s what a legal expert said.
And here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including a $600 million investment in an Illinois plant from Stellantis, why Facebook removed a page dedicated to ICE sightings in the Chicago area and a bill introduced in the Illinois legislature that could hinder the Bears’ move to the suburbs.
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Controversial security fence around Broadview ICE facility comes down shortly ahead of court-ordered deadline
Bowing to a court-ordered deadline, crews tore down the controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview Tuesday night.
The clock had been ticking for the government to take down the fence after a federal judge last week ordered the Trump administration to remove the barrier by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. The Tribune observed that the fence had been taken down as of 11 p.m.
Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising
Federal agents deployed multiple canisters of tear gas in a residential block of the East Side neighborhood yesterday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood.
- Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
- 7 Texas National Guard members in Illinois replaced for ‘not meeting mission standards’ when it came to physical fitness
O’Hare, Midway and other airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it’s political
Chicago O’Hare International and Midway International airports are among those that have refused to play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impact on TSA operations, the city’s Department of Aviation said.
Stellantis investing $600 million to reopen Belvidere plant to build Jeep Cherokee and Compass
Stellantis announced plans to invest in production facilities across four Midwest states – including the idled Belvidere plant in Illinois – to roll out new lines and increase U.S. production by 50% over the next four years.
Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine
The Illinois State Board of Elections will decide next week whether it should follow a hearing officer’s recommendation and reject state Senate President Don Harmon’s appeal of a nearly $10 million fine for accepting campaign contributions in excess of state campaign finance limits.
Former CPS board Vice President Sendhil Revuluri to run for top seat
Nearly three years after leaving his post as Chicago Board of Education vice president, former teacher and Chicago Public Schools parent Sendhil Revuluri is vying to return, announcing his candidacy for school board president today.
Two Chicago cops, firefighter and ex-city employee charged with lying about income to get housing subsidies
Two Chicago police officers, a city firefighter and a former Water Department employee have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they lied about their employment and income for years to qualify for subsidized housing assistance.
The former Arlington International Racecourse is seen at sunrise on May 30, 2023, in Arlington Heights. Demolition is expected to begin soon.
Illinois lawmaker introduces bill that could hinder Chicago Bears’ move to suburb as legislative session begins
One of the Illinois legislature’s biggest opponents of the Chicago Bears’ plan to relocate outside the city introduced legislation that could stall or hinder the team’s efforts, but significant questions remain about whether the bill will garner enough support or when it might be voted on.
DJ Moore will be ‘day by day’ after Chicago Bears WR was hospitalized in Washington for a groin injury
Bears wide receiver DJ Moore returned to the area yesterday after spending Monday night at a hospital near Washington. Moore received extra medical attention on his injured groin as a precaution and did not fly back with the team after Monday’s 25-24 victory over the Washington Commanders in Landover, Md.
Review: Slow-burning ‘Prodigal Son’ introduces a new company
Playwright John Patrick Shanley, whose drama “Doubt: A Parable” won both the Pulitzer Prize for drama and Tony Award for best play in 2005, returns to a familiar setting for “Prodigal Son” — a Catholic school in the mid-1960s. But the latter play, which premiered off-Broadway in 2016, takes a more autobiographical approach, following a fictionalized version of Shanley through his turbulent years at an all-boys private prep school, writes Emily McClanathan.
JK Entertainment, a new nonprofit arts company, stages this slow-burning drama as its inaugural production, now playing at the Athenaeum Center.
Review: A child of radicals creates ‘Revolution(s)’ at Goodman Theatre with a Tom Morello score
A show titled “Revolution(s)” deserves a good quote from Karl Marx, writes Chris Jones. But it’s telling that the line picked by Zayd Ayers Dohrn for the book for his striking new musical at the Goodman Theatre is this one: “The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.”
Dohrn, the son of Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers (co-founders of the militant activist group Weather Underground), presumably knows whereof he speaks there, even if his famous parents are still very much alive. Not that many musicals have been written by a son of a woman who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for years.