The highest concentrations of undocumented immigrants in Midwest states are in cities with "sanctuary" policies.

Under the Trump administration, churches are now thinking more expansively about the concept of sanctuary to include migrants ...

Despite Chicago's determination to protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation efforts, the city is limited in what it can do ...

Comer earlier started a probe of these sanctuary cities to determine the impact of such policies “on public safety and federal immigration enforcement.” Chicago and New York are big sanctuary ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended Chicago’s sanctuary city status before the House oversight committee on Wednesday. He argued that the city's Welcoming City Ordinance helps reduce crime by ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will testify before Congress today about the city’s sanctuary policies, alongside mayors from Boston, Denver, and New York. Lawmakers are expected to scrutinize the ...

Meanwhile, there is still no teachers' strike on the horizon. But after 11 months of negotiating a new deal, Chicago Teachers ...

The appearance by the first-term Chicago mayor at the much-hyped hearing gave Johnson a national audience to defend the sanctuary city policies that block local police from assisting in ...

A 101-year-old church damaged by severe storms last weekend in Elgin, Illinois, will hold virtual worship services on Sunday, ...

A Chicago alderman said Mayor Brandon Johnson has "no defense" ahead of his congressional testimony on the sanctuary city's policies. "As far as the mayor going to D.C., he's going like a lamb ...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images No sanctuary policy is the same, and each locality has adopted different rules over time, but most were born out of the issues noted by Markowitz. Chicago adopted its ...

While municipal sanctuary policies vary in their scope and definition, most seek to limit cooperation between local law ...