Illinois Passed A Law To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. It’s Not Working

Illinois Passed A Law To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. It’s Not Working – Block Club Chicago

When President Donald Trump returned to office, he rescinded a 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy that had designated schools, hospitals and courthouses as “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement was generally restricted. And in December 2025, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Court Access, Safety and Participation Act (CASPA), which bans civil immigration enforcement within 1,000 feet of courthouses. The broader legislation…

Illinois Passed A Law To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. It’s Not Working

This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. Sign up for its newsletter to learn the latest about Chicago’s immigrant communities.  CHICAGO — Outside the Domestic Violence Courthouse in downtown Chicago, Cook County officials and immigrant rights advocates gathered in early May to denounce what they described as an increasing federal immigration enforcement presence at courthouses.  The message was simple, but not new: courthouses…

Illinois Passed a Law to Keep ICE Out of Courthouses. It’s Not Working. – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

Max Herman/Borderless MagazineAdvocates and experts say Illinois must navigate new legal questions about the extent to which state law can supersede federal authority.