New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections.
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this is in line with increased ice abductions across chicagoland in recent weeks.
good read from @unraveledpress.com:
And if anyone wanted to keep score on how the obligated state agencies are doing with data transparency... www.macarthurjustice.org/wp-content/u...
A family is seeking help after their father, who is Venezuelan, was arrested by ICE at a courthouse. He's been deported, leaving his wife to care for their three children alone. blockclubchi.co/4wfbFxF
Today, the MacArthur Justice Center sued on behalf of the Better Government Association and Radical Hospitality Ministries demanding data transparency around the implementation and impact of the Pretrial Fairness Act. Read more about the case here: www.macarthurjustice.org/case/better-...
“Daphy was a person with a kind heart who loved her family very much."
Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, was found dead of hypothermia at a Pittsburgh bus stop on March 2, three days after being released from ICE custody 30 miles from her home.
The Court Access, Safety and Participation Act is supposed to create a "privilege from civil arrest" for those attending state court proceedings, with violators on the hook for up to $10K in damages.
But good luck finding the masked ICE agent who arrested you in violation of the act to sue them.
It's been remarkable seeing the Department of Justice transform, in very substantive ways, into an extension of the Department of Homeland Security. Feels practically like ICE's private law firm at this point
The suit's plaintiffs are being repped by attorneys with the MacArthur Justice Center, who claimed in a press release today that the defendants are "undermining the goals of organizations like the Better Government Association and Radical Hospitality Ministries and leaving the public in the dark."
New: A new lawsuit filed today in Cook County against multiple IL court clerk offices and sheriffs, seeks to compel greater data transparency regarding Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act.
"Defendants are intentionally flouting a legislative mandate" to ensure that transparency, the complaint claims.
Videos show federal agents pointing weapons at bystanders and trying to access state property as rapid response groups have reported at least 80 detainments across Chicagoland in the last five weeks.
Videos show federal agents pointing weapons at bystanders and trying to access state property as rapid response groups have reported at least 80 detainments across Chicagoland in the last five weeks.
Agencies and court administrators in Illinois are failing to comply with mandatory data collection and publication requirements in the Pretrial Fairness Act, a first-of-its-kind law that abolished mon...
🧊✈️ MIDWEST ROUNDUP‼️
⚠️ Unusual DOUBLING UP of ICE flights passing through Indianapolis today, which traffics detainees from Chicago 👀
🛬 11:35am (N460AW) from Detroit/Willow Run
🛬 3:15pm (N959BP) from Boston/Hanscom
From yesterday’s story on increasing ICE activity, the law passed by state officials has no state enforcement mechanism:
“Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office conceded in a February court filing that CASPA ‘does not task the Governor or Attorney General with any enforcement authority.’”
JJ in DC
David Brauer
unraveled
Videos show federal agents pointing weapons at bystanders and trying to access state property as rapid response groups have reported at least 80 detainments across Chicagoland in the last five weeks.
