ICE Informants
Across Illinois, police, sheriffs, and even prosecutors have helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office — despite a state law barring the practice.
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PART 1
Illinois promised to protect immigrants. Local officials helped deport them anyway.
In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despite a state law intended to prevent such collaboration.
PART 2
The county prosecutors who became ICE informants
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
Project Contributors
Reporting by Aura Bogado
Illustrations by Verónica Martinez
Editing by Robin Amer, Jonah Newman
Video editing by Maggie Sivit