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Four counties said they'd terminate their agreements with ICE after WTTW News reached out. See Jackson County's revised USMS below.
It is unclear if and how these contracts were used. But Jonathan Manes of the MacArthur Justice Center said either way, it's concerning: “These counties have put themselves in a potentially very awkward position if ICE comes knocking to hold a detainee."
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In 1861, abolitionists in Chicago claimed no “fugitive slave” had been arrested in Chicago in 8 years. But after Lincoln was inaugurated, the new U.S. Marshal for the territory started making arrests. The more progressive papers howled and a vigilance committee was formed:
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For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.

In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.

My latest, for @chicagoreader.com

chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...
Released from jail late at night
Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.
chicagoreader.com
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NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
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There’s no medical staff or services at Broadview. No food preparation. No beds. That’s all by design because the facility was created for holds less than 12 hours.
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chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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This comes after CBP/ICE, assisted by large number of FBI and other feds, orchestrated a large raid on an apartment building late Monday night/early Tuesday morning.

Immigrant rights orgs estimate at least *forty people*, including children and infants, were taken from their beds in South Shore:
Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.
thetriibe.com
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AG Raoul says "We are in touch with Sheriff Grootens and we’re going to be having a conversation" capitolfax.com/2025/09/29/w...
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Meet Officer Joseph Treacy, who has been named in 4 lawsuits in the past 6 years that cost taxpayers $524K, according to the analysis.

$225K went to the family of a Black man shot and killed by Treacy & another officer in 2016 during a brawl that exacerbated racial tensions on the South Side.