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Immigrant detention in Illinois has ended. The Illinois Way Forward Act ended ICE detention in Illinois. Before the new law went into effect, McHenry and Kankakee counties sued to try and prevent the loss of the contracts to hold immigrants...

McHenry County Jail was finally forced to put the Illinois Forward Act into effect on January 13 after a federal appellate court ruling that McHenry and Kankakee counties in Illinois must stop housing federal immigration detainees. Effective January 14, ICE...

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a low-level marijuana crime conviction is not grounds for deportation for an immigrant legally living in the United States. A federal appeals court in San Francisco found that a Jamaican woman's conviction for...

Certain crimes committed by non-citizens are grounds for deportation. A foreign national can be forced to leave the United States and deported to their home country for certain offenses. The United States Code includes the following deportable offenses: • using...

A federal jury has found that immigrant detainees that are paid $1 a day are being exploited, and must be paid minimum wage. The Washington state detention center is not exempt from rules applied to federal prisons because it is...

A U.S. judge ruled on August 18, 2021, that United States felony deportation immigration laws are racist and unconstitutional. Federal criminal charges for re-entry into the United States after deportation is illegal, according to Nevada Judge Miranda Du of the...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new pilot program on August 17, 2021, that will pay cities, counties and nongovernmental organizations to offer services for undocumented immigrants who have been caught and released and are awaiting deportation hearings. ...

A study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) found that families that are represented by immigration attorneys are ten times as likely to win asylum and other protections from deportation. Immigrants facing deportation who do have a lawyer are up...

The United States Supreme Court ruled that undocumented immigrants who were deported but returned to the U.S. are not entitled to a bond hearing. On June 3o, the Court ruled that the government can indefinitely detain immigrants who had been...

Illinois lawmakers are considering creating a new task force on how to provide legal representation to Illinois immigrants facing deportation. The proposed Illinois task force would evaluate and recommend funds and service for legal help for immigrants facing deportation: • determine...