How Trump's deportation threat is upending two Chicago families
Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is intensifying pressure on business owners and straining family relationships.
Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later
A federal judge in Washington barred the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act of ...
Trump invokes rarely-used Alien Enemies Act to target Venezuelan gang
President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the rarely-used Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target a Venezuelan gang he accused ...
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A small chain of Venezuelan restaurants in Chicago is teetering
Now, many Venezuelans in Chicago are trying to figure out a plan for what’s next. Tuesday is the February 2025 primary election for some offices in the Chicago suburbs. Here to break down some ...
Immigrants transformed Chicago’s South Side. Trump’s crackdown is pushing them underground.
The traditional epicenter of the city’s Black community has been upended in recent years by the arrival of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants.
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What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
Verónica Zubillaga, University of Illinois Chicago and Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of ...
Body found along I-65 is a Venezuelan national; suspects being held in his death
Two Seattle-area individuals are in custody in connection with the death of a Venezuelan national who was found in a ditch along Interstate 65 last week.
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How Trump's deportation threat is upending two Chicago families
With or without Temporary Protected Status, many Venezuelans intend to stay in Chicago. But the uncertainty from losing those protections is reverberating through the Venezuelan community and beyond.