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Good morning, WTTW News has the latest on two court hearings, an immigration raid that targeted a daycare worker and the CPD’s habit of spending more than its budget. |
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Law enforcement standoff with protesters outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon) |
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A federal judge is ordering Trump administration officials to address “unacceptable” conditions at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview after hearing hours of testimony from detainees who detailed overcrowding, a lack of bedding and inadequate food and water.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order requiring ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to provide clean bedding mats, toiletries and at least three full meals per day to detainees.
The order, which will remain in effect until at least Nov. 19, also requires ICE to provide showers for detainees at least every other day, a bottle of water with each meal, and clean hold rooms and toilet facilities.
In addition, ICE is required to provide telephone services for each detainee to communicate with their attorneys in private and without cost.
What else happened:
In a different case, protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs testified before a federal judge weighing whether to impose a lengthier ban on immigration agents’ use of chemical weapons like tear gas and pepper balls.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis oversaw a daylong hearing Wednesday amid claims that federal immigration agents have repeatedly flouted her temporary order banning the use of “riot control” weapons against people who aren’t posing any threat to law enforcement officers.
As part of that lawsuit, Ellis last month entered a temporary restraining order banning federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against journalists, protesters and any others who do not pose an immediate threat to law enforcement.
With that order set to expire today, the plaintiffs have now sought a preliminary injunction to continue it indefinitely. Ellis is set to give an oral ruling later this morning.
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Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling addresses the news media on Monday, April 28, 2025, at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News) |
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The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show.
The only year that CPD did not overspend its budget was 2020, when with department operations upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, CPD ended the year nearly $128.5 million under budget, according to the city’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports from 2019 to 2024.
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of the Center for Municipal Finance.
With two full months left in 2025, CPD is certain to exceed its $2.09 billion annual budget, having already paid $192.3 million to officers for working extra hours through September, according to a database published by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg. That is nearly double CPD’s annual budget for overtime. In addition, Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $266.8 million to resolve nearly two and a half dozen lawsuits, exceeding the city’s annual budget to resolve lawsuits alleging police misconduct by nearly $185 million, city records show.
CPD Supt. Larry Snelling appeared Wednesday before the City Council’s Budget and Government Operations Committee to defend the department’s 2026 proposed budget. |
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Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center, 2550 W. Addison St., is pictured in a file photo on Nov. 5, 2025. (WTTW News) |
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A video shared online shows federal immigration enforcement agents detaining a teacher Wednesday morning inside Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in the North Center neighborhood.
The video shows two agents detaining the teacher inside the preschool and day care and then removing her from the facility at 2550 W. Addison St. The arrest occurred around 7 a.m. One of the agents is seen reentering the facility. The teacher can be heard telling the other agent that she has papers.
During an emotional news conference Wednesday afternoon, local elected officials and parents at Rayito de Sol called for her immediate release.
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Back in the Day: Nov. 6, 1860 - Voters Flock to Polls to Elect Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln As President
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If this current moment feels like the country is intensely polarized and divided, the situation was much more dire and fractured 165 years ago. In 1860, the United States was on the brink of a civil war and the horrific yet longstanding institution of slavery fiercely split the nation and even its political parties. On Nov. 6, 1860, voters flocked to the polls to elect Abraham Lincoln, a Republican from Illinois, to the presidency in a hotly contested four-way race with Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas (also from Illinois), Southern Democratic party’s John C. Breckinridge and John Bell of the Constitutional Union. Despite not being on the ballot in the South and only garnering under 2,000 votes in his birth state of Kentucky, Lincoln won a commanding 180 electoral votes and secured his win early the following morning. He’d become the first U.S. president from Illinois. |
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This Week’s Arts and Culture Events |
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Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.
Josh Terry: As the leaves change and Chicago enters the holiday season, it’s a good time to slow down, get cozy and get ready for a winter hibernation. That said, if you’re a patron and a fan of this city’s rich arts scene, you’ll know that our eclectic and essential cultural offerings never slow down. Below, check out five events that are just a small sliver of what’s happening around town this week.
Art: “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind” — Museum of Contemporary Art
This comprehensive and exhaustive exhibit highlighting the work and career of a singular and uncompromising artist opened in October and runs through Feb. 22, 2026. "Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind," which is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art, traces Ono's voraciously curious and challenging career from its origins in the 1950s through "200 works across a variety of media including performance footage, music and sound recordings, scores, film, photography, installation, and archival materials." Tickets can be found here.
Play: “Amadeus” — Steppenwolf Theatre
Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play “Amadeus” receives a Steppenwolf run, directed by Tony winner Robert Falls. It stars Ian Barford as Antonio Salieri and David Darrow as Mozart. As a preview piece by the Chicago Tribune points out, to prep for this production, "Falls joined Barford on a research trip to visit Vienna and Salzburg, Mozart’s birthplace. Together, they toured some of the play’s historical settings, such as Schönbrunn Palace (the Habsburgs’ imperial summer residence) and several theaters where Mozart performed or premiered his music." It opens tonight and runs through January. Tickets can be found here.
Comedy: Murray Hill — the Den Theatre
Fans of the beloved HBO dramedy “Somebody, Somewhere” will recognize this lovable stand-up comedian who’s performing Sunday night in Wicker Park. The show promises to be an “evening of stand-up, shtick, song, rimshots, rampant ad-libbing, and crowd work.” There are a few tickets left, and they can be purchased here. |
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