Undocumented Immigrants

A small Illinois city is rallying for a prominent community member who is currently in ICE detention in Missouri. He was taken into custody after dropping his daughters off at school last week.

Noem told reporters that Illinoisans should focus on the needs of “American citizens” and “make them the priority, because they’re the ones who invested in this country.”

The finding comes after Gov. JB Pritzker proposed to defund the larger of the two programs at his Budget Address last week.

Under Trump, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s moved to dismiss the lawsuit against Sis-Bro Inc., a pig farm in rural New Athens.

Some city and county officials in the St. Louis region say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t contacted them, despite rumors and claims that the federal agents have been spotted.

Community organizers and a local attorney are helping create family emergency plans for residents who live in mixed-status homes — including preparing legal documents — as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up mass deportation efforts.

St. Louis-area immigrants and advocates protest President Trump’s new immigration policies and the beginning of mass deportations.

More than 3,000 undocumented Missourians are in a federal program allowing them to work and go to school. They’re weighing their options as a new administration promises an immigration crackdown.

A Democrat on the committee says the move is election year posturing.

Programs offering insurance to undocumented — and some documented — residents are undergoing some cost-saving changes.