Some Chicago parents and teachers say children were traumatized by a recent immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.

Three sisters, whose single mother fears being mistakenly detained by federal immigration agents because she is of Puerto Rican descent and speaks Spanish, walk into Funston Elementary School after being dropped off for the start of the school day, in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Chicago church is packing food and supplies for residents amid fears of immigration raids. New Life Centers opened its 20,000-square-foot warehouse to collect food, clothes and other supplies. Business patronage and attendance at schools and churches in Little Village have plummeted in recent weeks.

As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids begin their second month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here’s what to know.

Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe.

President Donald Trump's Midway Blitz has brought ICE agents all over Chicago and the suburbs. Here are your rights when interacting with officers.

Instead of targeting factories and businesses in large-scale raids, federal agents are arresting Chicagoans who work out in the open.

Laugh Factory Chicago is crowdsourcing to assist night manager Nathan Griffin with legal funds after he was arrested Friday morning outside the comedy club. Despite being born in America, masked federal agents tackled him to the ground and reportedly took him into custody without due process,