Chicago has long been a welcoming place for immigrants, dating back to our origins as a city. In 1985, Mayor Harold ...

Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance prohibits the city’s police department from working and coordinating with federal ...

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week, and his border czar, Tom Homan, has made it clear that Chicago tops his list for deportations. With a ...

Ald. Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares' proposal would have reinstated a controversial practice of allowing police to ...

Chicago leaders are blocking a move that would have made changes to its operation as a sanctuary city, including giving police the green light to flag the feds over migrants involved in gangs, drugs, ...

The council, without debate, voted 39-11 during the first meeting of the year to block the measure put forth by Alds. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward) and Silvana Tabares (23rd Ward) to create carve-outs in ...

Less than a week before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Chicago City Council signaled its opposition to the President-elect’s ...

The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a ...

Alderpeople blocked a vote on the proposed amendment by Alds. Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares that would have allowed ...

After days of increasing alarm among advocates for immigrant rights, the showdown over whether to amend Chicago’s Welcoming ...

The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted against an amendment proposed by a pair of Democrat aldermen that would’ve ...

Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...