Immigration
Immigration courts are a federal civil court system under the U.S. Department of Justice. We cover immigration detention, deportation, and other intersections between immigrants and the Cook County courts.
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Valentina Galvis’ detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detention.
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Chicago immigration court: A guide to removal hearings
Life in legal limbo: navigating Chicago’s immigration court alone
Illinois DCFS blocks undocumented survivors of child abuse from applying for legal status, records show
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The Chicago Police Department denied hundreds of immigrant crime victims a path to citizenship through the U visa program, sometimes in ways that appeared to contradict state and federal law. Two sergeants with checkered histories in the department were responsible for most of the denials.
The population of older undocumented immigrants in Illinois is growing exponentially, but public policy has left these seniors behind. A collaboration with the Chicago Tribune, this project explored the challenges facing the older undocumented immigrants and the ways individuals, families, and communities are resilient in the face of barriers to accessing social services.
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Lawsuit: Indiana jail neglects immigrants while using ICE funds as ‘cash cow’
A lawsuit alleges that detained immigrants are being held in inhumane conditions, while Clay County misuses the money it receives from ICE to house detainees.
Injustice Watch and Chicago Tribune host Facebook Live discussion on undocumented seniors
In a Facebook Live event Wed., April 20, reporters Carlos Ballesteros and Laura Rodríguez Presa will talk with experts about their series on the challenges facing undocumented seniors.
With Congress gridlocked, advocates say it’s up to state and local lawmakers to protect the undocumented elderly
Advocates say Illinois lawmakers should build welfare programs that mirror those for citizens, like food stamps and unemployment insurance.
Illinois just ended ICE detention. What happened to the people detained here?
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.
Illinois’ ICE detention ban to take effect within weeks following appeals court ruling
Kankakee and McHenry counties will have to terminate their immigration detention contracts after an appeals court ruling Wednesday.
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