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The latest on Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM EST

Police guard as protesters gather outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

A federal judge is gearing up to release hundreds of people arrested and detained in Chicago as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the city.

We get the latest from Jon Seidel, federal courts reporter with the Chicago Sun-Times.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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