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Several disillusioned families pulled children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years. They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Jonathan Bullington chicagotribune.com/2025/08/17/lan…

3 sellouts! Images from the great Stacey Wescott --> AUSL is the newest swing at professional softball — and it continues to grow after 3 sellouts in Rosemont. chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/ath…

Among those handcuffed in this video promoted by Secretary Kristi Noem is Joe Botello, an AMERICAN citizen. Chicago Tribune's photog Stacey Wescott was there and we spoke to him. He was later released and “blessed that I’m still alive." cc: Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino. Story: chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/elg…

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Powerful work from Stacey Wescott of the Broadview ICE facility this morning. chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/tea…

Tomorrow's Chicago Tribune sports cover featuring the offense coming alive against the Cowboys and Ben Johnson getting his first win with the Bears.

A Tribune photographer describes capturing a compelling image from protests outside Broadview's ICE facility chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/tri…

A Tribune photographer describes capturing a compelling image from protests outside Broadview's ICE facility chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/tri…

CBP on Chicago waterways today as part of a plan to stage boats at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility just south of Navy Pier. Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that does not have an international border w/ Stacey Wescott + Antonio Perez chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/ice…

Here’s the story: Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’ chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/ice…

We have learned that Dasha, her little brother and their mother have been released. Their father, however, is in a detention facility in Texas. Story to come.

Mount Prospect resident Lisa Porter screams at federal agents and tells them to leave as they sit in their SUV along East Busse Avenue. Stacey Wescott is an amazing photographer Chicago Tribune

MOUNT PROSPECT — Video obtained Chicago Tribune shows this moment in our story yesterday from the perspective of someone sitting nearby in their vehicle. Dispatch with adrianaperez.bsky.social & Stacey Wescott chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/imm…

Spoke to this woman later yesterday afternoon. She said she was inspired by videos of people in Chicago yelling at federal agents. “I see what people are going through, and it is unspeakable,” Lisa said. “And I’m a white lady who’s sitting in a nice suburb in Chicago.”

Elgin activist Ismael Cordová-Clough tracks federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago suburbs, via Facebook. Follow my Chicago Tribune colleagues, who continue to detail how neighbors have built a real-time alert system for immigrant families. chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/elg…

Members of the community, police, elected officials, and interfaith leaders attend a candlelight walk around Cicero Town Hall after several increased immigration enforcement actions took place in the area Thursday evening in Cicero.

Videos on social media show Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez struggling on the ground while a federal immigration agent keeps him in a headlock during an arrest in Melrose Park, IL. “Por favor, amigo,” he pleads as he groans and yells in pain. w/ Stacey Wescott: chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/mel…

Video from a neighbor of immigration agents detaining Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez Sunday morning in Melrose Park. Ricardo was hospitalized after the arrest.

Thanks Mando! adrianaperez.bsky.social put this story together quickly tonight and with lots of important details.