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Carlos Ballesteros is a reporter based in Chicago. He joined Injustice Watch in June 2020 after two years at the Chicago Sun-Times.
With the Trump administration seeking to kill the Obama-era program for immigrants, Jesus Alberto ‘Beto’ Lopez Gutierrez, 25, was deported after suing ICE.
Three school board members backed the proposal, but they could not sway their colleagues.
Our newest reporter talks about his approach to reporting, the overlap between the immigration and criminal justice systems, and what people get wrong about Chicago.
State prisons now hold an even larger proportion of Black and Latinx prisoners than before COVID-19 hit, according to a new analysis.
For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.