Jeanne Kuang, Reporter at Injustice Watch

Wrong interpretation: Researcher says his data on crime and immigration misused

Researchers concluded after studying crime data that evidence did not show “sanctuary cities” have more crime than cities that cooperate with federal immigration officers. Yet a right-wing website contends the results “clearly and unambigiously” show the opposite.

by Jeanne Kuang April 12, 2017December 5, 2023

Illinois Prisons

US judge: Prison officials wrong to punish inmate for rude letter to governor

A prisoner was put in solitary for a month for writing a letter to former Gov. Quinn denouncing him in obscene terms over the prisoner’s cell conditions. A federal judge ruled that two prison officials violated the Constitution when they sent the inmate to solitary confinement for a month because they found him “insolent” for writing the letter.

by Jeanne Kuang March 29, 2017December 5, 2023

Bail and Pretrial

Sheriff dropped from lawsuit challenging bail; focus now on Cook County judges

Cook County sheriff Tom Dart has been dropped from lawsuit challenging the confinement pretrial of people charged with nonviolent crimes simply because they are too poor to make bail. Dart had contended he never should have been named in lawsuit; attorneys for the detainees says move focuses the case on the judges who decide on bail.

by Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang March 14, 2017December 5, 2023

Immigration

Will border wall stop illegal immigration? Not hardly, report says

A growing number of people who are in the United States without legal status arrive here legally on visas, and then overstay their authorized time. A wall won’t fix that problem, new study finds.

by Jeanne Kuang March 7, 2017December 5, 2023

Bail and Pretrial

Cook County prosecutor to seek release of defendants locked up on low bonds

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Wednesday jumped into the issue of bail reform, announcing that her office would actively support agreed upon requests by public defenders that judges free defendants who remain in custody because they are unable to post bonds up to $1,000.

by Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang March 1, 2017December 5, 2023

Appeals and Wrongful Convictions

For the wrongfully convicted, Illinois offers little help

Illinois laws promising support for the wrongfully convicted are mostly illusory, both because of the state’s financial turmoil and because some laws just sit there, never fully implemented.

by Jeanne Kuang February 27, 2017December 5, 2023

Immigration

Chicago medical resident returns, days after visa “cancelled”

On Sunday U.S. officials marked the visa of medical resident Amer Al Homssi “cancelled,” leaving him stranded in Abu Dhabi and facing the threat of being sent to Syria. Five days later, after a federal lawsuit, Homssi returned to Chicago, where he will soon be back seeing patients at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

by Jeanne Kuang February 2, 2017December 5, 2023

Immigration

U.S. drops opposition, agrees two Chicago-area men can return from Middle East

Iranian man may return to Chicago to rejoin his family. He had been denied reentry this weekend after President Trump’s executive order on immigration was signed.

by Jeanne Kuang February 1, 2017December 5, 2023

Immigration

Immigration clash lands in Chicago courts — UPDATED

An Iranian man has lived in the U.S. for five years with his wife and children, one of whom is pregnant. But after he returned to Iran to care for his mother, he was blocked from reentering. Now, the issue lands in Chicago courts.

by Jeanne Kuang January 31, 2017December 5, 2023

Immigration

As Trump pushes to tighten immigration, courts and cities push back

The federal immigration agency wants local authorities to hold people they suspect are here illegally, and Trump is ordering funding to be revoked for noncooperation. But the programs are up against not only political resistance but also a number of court rulings challenging their legality.

by Jeanne Kuang January 26, 2017December 5, 2023

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