Local Cops Flout Sanctuary Law to Help ICE Deport Immigrants

IL Promised to Protect Immigrants. Local Officials Helped Deport Them Anyway.

Local officials collaborated with federal immigration agencies despite a state law to prevent collaboration.

Local Cops Flout Sanctuary Law to Help ICE Deport Immigrants

Illinois law prohibits local collaboration with immigration enforcement officials, but the cops often find workarounds.

The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants

Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.

Illinois promised to protect immigrants. Local officials helped deport them anyway.

Key takeaways from this investigation Despite a state law prohibiting law enforcement from working with ICE, collaboration between local officials and federal immigration agents helped flag, detain, or deport at least 150 people in President Donald Trump’s first 15 months back in office. In over one-third of Illinois counties, at least one police department, sheriff’s office, or state’s attorney’s office collaborated with federal agents. Someti…