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‘We are not backing down’: Feds ramp up immigration raids in Chicago area
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Illinois Times, the capital city's weekly source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
The federal government is significantly ramping up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area as a specialized federal law enforcement team arrived in Chicago on Tuesday.
JB Pritzker said federal officials are not communicating with Illinois law enforcement groups, which he argued is making their work more dangerous.
Illinois law prohibits law enforcement from participating in civil immigration enforcement, but it does not outright ban communication between state and federal agencies.
Pritzker pointed out Monday that Illinois law enforcement agencies would have already released substantial information and began investigations had the incident been an officer-involved shooting.
The Hands Off Chicago coalition of groups opposing ICE and National Guard soldiers in Chicago released a poll Wednesday showing Chicagoans largely oppose the Trump administration’s immigration tactics.
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