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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 5h

Four counties said they'd terminate their agreements with ICE after WTTW News reached out. See Jackson County's revised USMS below.

The Jackson County Sheriff sent a copy of an updated contract without an ICE rider that was signed four days after WTTW News sent an inquiry. Contract reads: 11. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY HEREIN, ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE IGA
DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN BLOCK 1, REMAIN UNCHANGED. TERMS OF THIS
MODIFICATION:
The purpose of this modification is to:
1. Remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as an authorized rider to the Intergovernmental
Agreement (IGA) listed in Block #19 on Page 1 in compliance with the TRUST ACT and the ILLINOIS WAY
FORWARD ACT.
NO OTHER TERMS OR CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 5h

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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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...

Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody

To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

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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An ad from abolitionist lawyer LCP Freer inviting those who wish to take a step in the matter to meet at his office.

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 1d

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 14d

NEWS NIGHT on October 16

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7d

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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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 8d

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NEWS NIGHT on October 16

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 16d

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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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 15d

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 15d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15d

Tune in ... now to see @brandisfriedman.bsky.social interview @mayorofchicago.bsky.social 🌟LIVE🌟 on @wttw.bsky.social

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Amy Qin @amyqin.bsky.social · 19d

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.
@bylaurenfitz.bsky.social @adrianacardmag.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A column chart showing the average time by days spent at the Broadview processing center spiking in June.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21d

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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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 22d

NEW from @injusticewatch.org and @boltsmag.org: Cook County has more documented wrongful convictions than any county in the nation. In the last 10 months, State’s Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has weakened her office’s main system for freeing innocent people. buff.ly/ysPtaYG

Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…

www.injusticewatch.org

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 22d

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 22d

“Noemi Chavez and her two children are now confined to a room at O’Hare International Airport, awaiting transfer to a detention facility in Texas before deportation to Guatemala,“ reports the @chicagotribune.com

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’

The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 22d

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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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 22d

NEW: The Illinois Department of Corrections will now permanently scan most physical mail sent to incarcerated people and distribute it electronically.
news.wttw.com/2025/09/29/i...

Illinois Prisons Will Now Scan Physical Mail Sent to Incarcerated People

Beginning immediately, non-privileged mail will be opened and inspected for contraband, scanned in color, then be uploaded to an individual’s tablet, the department announced Monday. Nearly all incarc...

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 26d

see ya soon!

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NEWS NIGHT is tomorrow!

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NEWS NIGHT is tomorrow!

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 29d

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.

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 29d

Chicago taxpayers paid $295 million between 2019 and 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News.

https://to.wttw.com/4gFWRRW

Repeated Police Misconduct by 272 Officers Has Cost Chicago Taxpayers $295M Since 2019: Analysis

Chicago taxpayers paid $295 million between 2019 and 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News...

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Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃 @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 29d

Chicago taxpayers paid $295M to settle lawsuits tied to 272 police officers with repeated misconduct claims from 2019–2024, my latest w/ @heathercherone.bsky.social shows.

New report, only at @wttw.bsky.social 👇

Repeated Police Misconduct by 272 Officers Has Cost Chicago Taxpayers $295M Since 2019: Analysis

Chicago taxpayers paid $295 million between 2019 and 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News...

news.wttw.com

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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 29d

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