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    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos is a reporter at Injustice Watch covering police, politics and immigrant communities. Previously, he worked at the Chicago Sun-Times and Newsweek. Carlos was born in Chicago and lives in the city’s Lower West Side.

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    Immigration
    An imposing jail building that is also used for immigration detention

    Illinois’ ICE detention ban to take effect within weeks following appeals court ruling

    By Carlos Ballesteros | January 13, 2022

    Kankakee and McHenry counties will have to terminate their immigration detention contracts after an appeals court ruling Wednesday.

    News
    People stand outside in masks with a sign in the center that says Free Them All!

    Judge upholds Illinois Way Forward Act, sealing an end to ICE detention in the state

    By Carlos Ballesteros | December 7, 2021

    A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Illinois counties hoping to keep their lucrative immigration detention contracts.

    Español
    An imposing jail building that is also used for immigration detention

    La demanda podría frustrar la prohibición de la detención de inmigrantes en Illinois

    By Carlos Ballesteros | November 17, 2021

    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
    An imposing jail building that is also used for immigration detention

    Lawsuit could foil Illinois’ ban on immigration detention

    By Carlos Ballesteros | November 16, 2021

    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
    A red-and-gray steel and concrete building with a half-moon entrance and three flagpoles in front.

    As Illinois bans immigration detention, one Indiana county looks to cash in

    By Carlos Ballesteros | October 12, 2021

    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
    A white bus parking in front of a brick wall with the words

    Cook County sheriff takes state officials to court over stalled prison transfers

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Chloe Hilles | September 23, 2021

    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
    The sillouhettes of judges huddled in a rrom with their backs turned.

    New class of Cook County associate judges more racially diverse than past years

    By Aviva Waldman, Carlos Ballesteros and Josh McGhee | September 15, 2021

    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

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Josh McGhee | August 30, 2021

    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

    By Carlos Ballesteros | August 23, 2021

    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

    By Carlos Ballesteros | August 10, 2021

    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.

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