Chicago-area Democrats in Congress lashed out Monday at what party leaders called President Donald Trump’s “hateful” executive order on immigration, and several joined an evening protest outside the Supreme Court. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a New Delhi-born Democrat from Schaumburg, addressed a huge throng of protesters who cried out, “No ban. No wall,” in front of […]
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Suburbanites and Chicagoans, Jews and Muslims, students and businesspeople packed O’Hare International Airport’s international terminal over the weekend two separate times to protest restrictions imposed on people entering the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries. After a large protest Saturday night that slowly dispersed over Sunday morning, hundreds gathered inside and outside the international terminal for […]
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Chicago-area Democratic politicians sharply criticized the Trump administration Saturday after more than a dozen travelers were taken into custody at O’Hare International Airport to enforce the president’s executive order on immigration related to seven majority-Muslim countries. Late Saturday, a federal judge in New York barred deportations nationwide, and lawyers aiding the O’Hare travelers said all […]
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