Wednesday, August 11, 2021
New law limits Illinois police cooperation with ICE, closes detainment centers | Just The News
New law limits Illinois police cooperation with ICE, closes detainment centers | Just The News: Local law enforcement agencies will be limited in how they cooperate with federal immigration authorities, and migrant detainment centers across the state will be closed after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 667 into law. Critics of the legislation say it will cost jobs and makes Illinois a sanctuary state.
Known as the Way Forward Act, the bill was filed by state Sen. Omar Aquino, D-Chicago, to provide what he said was protection for immigrants who might be in the U.S. illegally from local law enforcement officers.
The legislation was an initiative by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel with the immigrant rights group, said the legislation is the product of years of hard work.
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