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    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos Ballesteros

    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

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    Aging in the Shadows
    A older man wearing a Chicago Cubs baseball hat stands in a dark basement apartment with bottles of medication on the table in front of him.

    Aging in the shadows: A crisis of older undocumented workers awaits Illinois

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Laura Rodríguez Presa (Chicago Tribune) | March 15, 2022

    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.

    Aging in the Shadows
    A older man wearing a Chicago Cubs baseball hat stands in a dark basement apartment with bottles of medication on the table in front of him.

    Envejecer en las sombras: Una crisis de ancianos indocumentados aguarda a Illinois

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Laura Rodríguez Presa (Chicago Tribune) | March 15, 2022

    Trabajadores que pagaron impuestos y contribuyeron al Seguro Social envejecen en un sistema de servicios públicos al que no pueden acceder por ser indocumentados.

    Español
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    Illinois acaba de poner fin a la detención del ICE. ¿Qué pasó con las personas detenidas aquí?

    By Carlos Ballesteros | February 22, 2022

    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.

    Immigration
    A woman stands at a microphone with people behind her holding signs that say

    Illinois just ended ICE detention. What happened to the people detained here?

    By Carlos Ballesteros | February 16, 2022

    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.

    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.

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