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Chicago landlord ordered to pay over $80K for threatening to call ICE on tenant in 2020

A judge ordered a Chicago landlord to pay $80,000 to former tenants after a threat to call ICE during a dispute in June 2020, according to court documents.
This case is the first judgment under Illinois's 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, according to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Susana Sandoval Vargas of MALDEF stated that Illinois landlords cannot use immigration enforcement threats against tenants.
Thomas A. Saenz, president of MALDEF, mentioned that this decision provides justice against threats from landlords using federal authority.

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Landlords Fined $80K for Threatening to Call ICE on Chicago Tenants

An Illinois circuit court judge has ordered Chicago landlords to pay former tenants $80,000 after they threatened to report the tenants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June 2020. The decision is the first under the state’s 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act (ITPA), which prohibits landlords from using a tenant’s immigration status to harass or intimidate them. Source

4 days ago·Sacramento, United States

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NBC Chicago

Chicago landlord to pay $80K for threatening to call ICE agents on tenants

A Chicago landlord who threatened to call immigration authorities on a couple who rented an apartment from him in 2020 has been fined $80,000.

5 days ago·Chicago, United States

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The Chicago Crusader

Ald. Yancy's office knew for months about complaints regarding slumlord

Alderman Desmond Yancy’s office for months received calls from tenants battling a South Shore slumlord while living in unsanitary conditions, without water and heat, the Chicago Crusader has learned. For the first time since May, when the Crusader began reporting on slumlord CKO Real Estate, Yancy held a closed-door meeting on Monday, March 3, with […]

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NBC News

Immigrant couple to get $80K in damages from former landlords who threatened to call ICE

A judge found that a pair of Chicago landlords violated Illinois state law when they threatened to call federal immigration authorities on former tenants.

5 days ago·United States

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MYSTATELINE

Illinois landlords fined $80,000 for threatening to report tenants to ICE

A pair of Illinois landlords have been ordered to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to report them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

6 days ago

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Washington Examiner

Landlord must pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants

A Chicago landlord has been instructed to pay more than $80,000 to a tenant couple after he threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement on them. Marco Antonio Contreras and his wife, Denise Contreras, were the first people to be charged under the 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act.

6 days ago·Washington, United States

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