Trump scores appeals court victory in sanctuary fight https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/appeals-court-trump-victory-sanctuary-117719
llinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Friday that bans private immigration detention centers in the state, making it the first in the nation to forbid the practice, according to a release from the governor's office.
Pritzker signed the legislation, HB 2040, as part of a three-part package to protect undocumented immigrants, as the state braces for Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that are expected in Chicago and nine other major cities starting Sunday.
Private detention centers have become popular, particularly close to the southern border, as Customs and Border Protection struggles to deal with the influx of migrants and refugees entering the United States. The private-prison industry as a whole is benefiting from Trump's border policies. But those lucrative business opportunities are also drawing increased public and legal scrutiny of a system that, advocates charge, treats detainees cruelly.
According to a statement from Pritzker's office, he also signed HB 1637, which prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal immigration enforcement and from removing undocumented immigrants from the US. The third piece of legislation in the package was HB 2691, which allows undocumented immigrants in Illinois to qualify for state financial aid, the release says.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/politics/illinois-private-detention-centers-immigration-ice-raids/index.html
he Illinois Department of Corrections policy of not holding undocumented immigrants upon release from Illinois prisons could be compounded by a U.S. appeals court ruling on Wednesday that allows U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to withhold federal funds from states and cities with sanctuary policies.
Illinois lawmakers passed the Trust Act in 2017. It prohibits state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials to detain undocumented immigrants for possible deportation solely based on immigration status.
Proponents, such as state Rep. Elizabeth Hernadez, D-Chicago, said it was designed to protect immigrant communities.
“The Trust Act is really to allow folks to live their everyday lives to place some protections where they can go to work, they can go to the grocery store, they can take their kids to the doctors or to school,” Hernandez said. “And so it refrains from ICE using our law enforcement to do their job.”
On Tuesday, IDOC officials said because of the Illinois Trust Act they decided last month to no longer hold noncitizens for local sheriffs to house and transfer to federal immigration officials. The federal government pays for those housing costs, which brings in money for law enforcement agencies with federal contracts. A group of sheriffs said that puts the public in danger.
Hernandez, D-Chicago, said the sheriffs were just concerned about money.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/debate-over-illinois-noncitizen-prisoner-release-policy-focuses-on-money/article_764498d2-58db-11ea-bd23-bb8ffab94f91.html
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