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Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and criminal justice issues in Chicago

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LATEST: A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state. https://t.co/LAOUUwzaxb
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A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National …
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Jason Meisner
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JUST IN: An appeals court in Chicago has denied Trump’s request to stay a judge’s order banning National Guard troop deployment in Illinois The panel did allow the troops to remain federalized. They just have to stay on base
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The Trump admin is asking a Chicago appeals court to halt the judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment pending appeal, saying it “improperly impinges on the Commander in Chief’s supervision of military operations.” The state says um, no it doesn’t
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A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National …
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Jason Meisner
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JUST IN: The Trump administration has asked the federal appeals court in Chicago for an immediate stay of the district judge's "extraordinary" order Thursday barring National Guard troops from being deployed in the city and state.
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Lawyers for Juan Martinez say in a statement this afternoon that not only is he NOT a high ranking Latin King, as alleged by the government, he has no gang affiliation at all, and no prior criminal history
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A detention hearing is about the begin in the case of a reputed Chicago gang member charged with soliciting murder of Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino. Can confirm: No soldiers guarding the courthouse https://t.co/F8HUveNE3b
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Woman shot by immigration agent after allegedly ramming vehicle indicted on federal assault charges, while felony cases against a handful of ICE protesters in Broadview fall apart Story:
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A woman shot by an immigration agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side last weekend has been indicted by a federal grand jury, part of a flurry of developments Frid…
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Jason Meisner
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Briggs, meanwhile, pleads not guilty to the misdemeanor count
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In a really unusual move, Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes has ordered prosecutors to turn over the videos that the border patrol agents relied on to swear out the original felony complaint against Briggs.
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Up now is Dana Briggs, 70, an Air Force vet accused of making contact with an immigration agent’s arm while trying to hand off his cellphone, allegedly “causing pain” to the agent’s wrist. Prosecutors have reduced the charge to a misdemeanor Background: https://t.co/z5hH6e3jJ2
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Four people are facing federal charges stemming from weekend protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadview that’s become a flashpoint for the Trump a…
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NEW: Judge orders controversial fence around ICE facility in Broadview to be removed by Friday, saying it is a public safety hazard and there's no reason to believe it will be "voluntarily removed any time soon.”
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A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its remo…
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Jason Meisner
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The defense has waived the detention issue for now. So there will be no hearing on that. Instead, they're setting it for preliminary hearing on Wednesday.
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Jason Meisner
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A detention hearing is about the begin in the case of a reputed Chicago gang member charged with soliciting murder of Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino. Can confirm: No soldiers guarding the courthouse https://t.co/F8HUveNE3b
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Federal prosecutors said Tuesday a reputed Chicago gang member charged with soliciting the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino is in the country illegally and they are seeking to…
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Jason Meisner
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The Cubs Instagram page shows a certain Chicago Tribune federal courts reporter and his nephew bowing to Happer after his 3-run dinger last night. “We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!” #FlytheW
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JUST IN: Judge accepts feds' motion to drop charges against Oak Park man with intellectual disabilities arrested at Broadview protest. Prosecutor says her office made the decision after learning of the defendant's intellectual disability Our story:
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Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against an Oak Park man with intellectual disabilities during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility.
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JUST IN: Prosecutors have secured an indictment against Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by a Border Patrol agent after allegedly ramming his car in Brighton Park last weekend. Martinez had been scheduled for a preliminary hearing this morning.
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Jason Meisner
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As expected, the Trump administration immediately said it will appeal today’s ruling barring the deployment of National Guard troops. I was at Wrigley Field when this came through, but I can guarantee you, loyal Twitter (X) followers, that I’d much rather cover this than Game 5
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Jason Meisner
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The federal court slaps keep coming for the Trump administration, which must now take down the security fence around the ICE facility in Broadview, per this judge’s order tonight
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Mary Ann Ahern
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Sister Jean. RIP Chicago icon. ⁦@LoyolaChicago
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Jason Meisner
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Here is the TRO issued by Judge April Perry tonight:
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