Sophia Tareen

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Baltazar Enriquez

The sound of whistles: Chicago neighborhood leads the way in ICE resistance

By Sophia Tareen, Christine Fernando, and others

Pope Leo XIV, aka Robert Prevost, gives a speech

Sexual abuse survivors say Pope Leo XIV should’ve done more to strip priests of their titles: ‘This is the underground story of Prevost’

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain someone during an enforcement operation, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Colombian immigrant couple planning their wedding showed up for a routine ICE check-in and one was deported

By Valerie Gonzalez, Cedar Attanasio, and others

FILE – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question in his City Hall office during an interview with The Associated Press Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Trump administration sues Chicago over its ‘sanctuary’ city status, saying it ‘thwarts’ federal immigration crackdown

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

White House 'border czar' Tom Homan

Trump ‘border czar’ and other top officials in Chicago for start of illegal immigration crackdown

By Sophia Tareen, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – A U.S. deportation officer changes the handcuffs of Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina from back to front after arresting him during an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Immigrants in Chicago brace for Trump’s expected mass deportation arrests

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

DNC braced for protests on Israel-Hamas war and economic injustice as Kamala Harris prepares to accept the Democratic nomination

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

businessman talks to customers at his restaurant

This couple came to the U.S. as refugees and started a restaurant. It’s now a finalist for the culinary world’s top prize

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

Brian Rodgers sits for a portrait in the common area of the St. Andrew’s Court residence where he lives on Chicago’s Westside Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Chicago. Rodgers, 50, struggled with homelessness for years after he was released from jail for a theft conviction. A Cook County judge rejected a ballot measure last week that would raise a one-time tax on luxury properties to fund services for homeless people in Chicago after objections from real estate and business groups. An appeal is pending as early voting begins. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A judge struck down Chicago’s ‘mansion tax’ but it’s still on the Super Tuesday ballot. Here’s what’s at stake

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

Mike Nussbaum

Mike Nussbaum, America’s oldest professional actor, dies days before 100th birthday

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6.

America fears surge of Islamophobic, antisemitic violence after Illinois landlord charged with killing 6-year-old Muslim boy

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

FILE – In this July 29, 2021 file photo, fans gather and cheer on day one of the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago. Chicago health officials on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar File)

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203 cases of COVID-19 linked to Lollapalooza, Chicago health officials say

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press

ICE Raids Aim To Gather Undocumented Immigrants

Immigration Operation Touted by Trump Nets 35 Arrests

By Colleen Long, Sophia Tareen, and others

ICE Arrests Undocumented Immigrants In NYC

Here’s When Postponed ICE Sweeps Are Expected to Begin

By Colleen Long, Sophia Tareen, and others