Carlos Ballesteros is a reporter at Injustice Watch. He's written extensively about law enforcement, immigrant communities, older adults, and juvenile detention. His reporting has earned him local, regional, and national awards for shedding light on underreported topics impacting vulnerable communities. Carlos previously wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times and Newsweek in New York. He was born and raised in Chicago. You can reach him at carlosballesteros [at] injusticewatch [dot] org
The number of undocumented immigrants ages 65 and over in Illinois is set to grow exponentially. Advocates say it’s a crisis in the making. Injustice Watch and the Chicago Tribune teamed up to report on the challenges facing Illinois’ aging undocumented population.
Trabajadores que pagaron impuestos y contribuyeron al Seguro Social envejecen en un sistema de servicios públicos al que no pueden acceder por ser indocumentados.
Los inmigrantes detenidos y sus familias, abogados y defensores cuentan lo que ha significado para ellos el fin de la detención de inmigrantes en Illinois.
Injustice Watch spoke to detained immigrants and their families, attorneys, and advocates to better understand what the end of immigration detention in the state meant for the people most affected by it.
Kankakee and McHenry counties will have to terminate their immigration detention contracts after an appeals court ruling Wednesday.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Illinois counties hoping to keep their lucrative immigration detention contracts.
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.
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.
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.
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.