Immigration
Illinois’ ICE detention ban to take effect within weeks following appeals court ruling
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Kankakee and McHenry counties will have to terminate their immigration detention contracts after an appeals court ruling Wednesday.
News
Judge upholds Illinois Way Forward Act, sealing an end to ICE detention in the state
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Illinois counties hoping to keep their lucrative immigration detention contracts.
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La demanda podría frustrar la prohibición de la detención de inmigrantes en Illinois
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Una demanda presentada por dos condados fuera de Chicago plantea interrogantes sobre la estrategia de activistas por los derechos de los inmigrantes de trabajar para poner fin a la detención de ICE un condado a la vez.
Immigration
Lawsuit could foil Illinois’ ban on immigration detention
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A lawsuit brought by two counties outside Chicago raises questions about immigrant rights activists’ strategy of working to end ICE detention one state and county at a time.
Immigration
As Illinois bans immigration detention, one Indiana county looks to cash in
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The Clay County Jail in southwestern Indiana will soon be the only immigration detention center between Wisconsin and Kentucky. The county is considering a proposal to more than double the jail’s size to detain more immigrants.
Prisons and Jails
Cook County sheriff takes state officials to court over stalled prison transfers
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Sheriff Tom Dart filed a petition before the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday asking the justices to force the state department of corrections to accept the transfer of over 500 people from the Cook County Jail.
News
New class of Cook County associate judges more racially diverse than past years
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Former prosecutors dominate the roster of 22 new associate judges, who were selected last week by the county’s circuit judges.
COVID-19
No one knows how many Chicago cops are vaccinated against Covid-19
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How many cops have gotten their vaccine shots? The question has a definite answer. But no one in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office or the police department seems able to put a number on it.
Immigration
Pritzker signs bill allowing Cook County public defender’s office to handle deportation cases
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But a lack of funding and personnel could drastically limit how many immigrants the county can represent.
News
Cook County courts unveil ‘diverse’ slate of associate judge finalists
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On Tuesday, the chief judge’s office released the names of 44 candidates, half of whom will be chosen by circuit judges to fill vacancies.