So the immigration debate has you confused and frustrated? Arnold Torres has it all figured out.

For a man facing the possibility of up to 30 years in prison, almost $4 million in fines and the government seizure of his small French restaurant here, Michel Malecot has an unusually jovial and serene air.

Nearly three dozen Chicago-area men were among 370 immigrants arrested throughout the Midwest this week for a wide variety of offenses, federal customs enforcement officials announced Friday.

A crowd of about 100 demonstrators rallied inside City Hall on Thursday in support of a federal judge's temporary block of the most controversial sections of Arizona's immigration law. The rally, which was part of a "National Day of Action" with similar demonstrations opposing the law around the country, also celebrated a recently introduced Chicago City Council resolution that calls for a symbolic boycott of Arizona businesses.