President Donald Trump ordered US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand deportation efforts in major Democrat-run cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The directive comes a week after the president acknowledged the impact of his immigration crackdown on rural communities facing workforce shortages in agriculture,

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

Taxes are going up for cell phones, tobacco and vaping products, sports betting, bed and breakfasts and more with the new state budget Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Monday in Chicago. The $55.2 billion spending plan is the largest spending plan in Illinois history.

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.

Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez laments Illinois lawmakers’ resistance to President Trump’s deportation goals and the current border crisis on ‘America Reports.’

In one post, Trump acknowledged the strain on employers. In another he ordered ICE to 'do all in their power' to deport massive numbers of people.

As the president responds to complaints from businesses, administration hard-liners resist leniency for undocumented workers.

Pope Leo plans to give a virtual address in his hometown of Chicago – at the same time as Trump’s military parade - Tickets for the event, which is to be held at the Rate Field stadium, home of the Chicago White Sox (the pontiff’s favorite team),