A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Illinois counties hoping to keep their lucrative immigration detention contracts.
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.
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.
News
Illinois to end immigrant detention with new bill
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Way Forward Act today, which will end immigrant detention in the state in 2022 and expand protections for immigrant communities.
Immigration
New bond fund freeing immigrants from ICE detention
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The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund Coalition has raised more than $35,000 to bail out detained immigrants from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kentucky.
Immigration
Illinois legislature passes bill to close state’s immigration detention centers
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The ‘Illinois Way Forward Act’ now goes to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk for his signature. The bill would severely restrict how local police departments across the state can cooperate with federal immigration officers.
Collateral Consequences
Left behind: How deportation affects a Chicago mother and her 6 kids
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A Chicago mother explains how her husband’s 15-year-old conviction led to three deportations and a family torn apart.