The lawsuit, filed by 66 cities, challenges President Donald Trump's administration initiatives that seek to withhold federal ...

The City of Chicago has joined a coalition of local governments suing the Trump Administration over the withholding of ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is highlighting the city's effort to address crime amid a drop in violent crime and homicide numbers. His comments came during the city's looming budget deficit and his ...

City Council during their regular 11 a.m. meeting Tuesday could once again discuss Chicago’s status as a “sanctuary city,” an issue that last week that led to tense exchanges, ...

Chicago must remain a sanctuary city because ‘that is who we are’ We rejected Donald Trump’s xenophobia in 2016 and 2020, and Chicago must reject it now as the presidential election and ...

Chicago became a sanctuary city in 1985 through an executive order by its mayor at the time, Harold Washington. In 2012, Mayor Rahm Emanuel passed a “welcoming city” ordinance that protected illegal ...

Two uncomfortable but incontrovertible truths are becoming evident about Chicago and its relationship with the thousands of migrants who have arrived here in recent weeks One is that tents are ...

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’s involvement with the sanctuary movement.

The meeting was called after Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) proposed an advisory referendum that would ask voters during the March primary if Chicago should keep its sanctuary city status, but allies of ...

WMAQ-Ch. 5 recently reported that Kansas-based company Favorite Healthcare Staffing billed the city of Chicago more than $7.2 million to staff migrant shelters during a four-week period this spring.

Chicago City Council votes against measure to ask voters about ‘Sanctuary City' status Chicago's 'Sanctuary City,' or 'Welcoming City' ordinance has been in place since 1985 ...

When Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, caught wind of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s suggestion to house migrants inside the luxe Hotel Chicago Downtown, at 333 N. Dearborn St. in Marina City, his rhetoric ...