WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Blasts Video From Hoffman Estates Appearing To Show ICE Agents Seizing A Child * SCHAUMBURG, IL - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to a video (link is external) from Hoffman Estates of what appears to be ICE agents seizing a child: "This is in our backyard. Hoffman Estates. My district. I am deeply disturbed by what looks like ICE   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Federal Judge Extends Consent Decree Prohibiting ICE From Arresting People Without Warrants or Probable Cause Court orders ICE to provide relief for 22 people unlawfully detained in early days of Trump's second term and to identify all foreign nationals who have been subjected to warrantless arrests since June * Today a federal judge ruled that the 2022 Castanon Nava consent decree, w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 13 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Legal Groups File Emergency Motion to Stop ICE from Jailing Immigrant Teens in Adult Detention Washington, D.C. -- The American Immigration Council and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed an emergency motion on October 4, seeking to enforce a 2021 court ruling (in the Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case) (https://immigrantjustice.org/for-attorneys/cases/garcia-ramirez-et-al-v-ice  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 8 -- The Citizens Utility Board issued the following news release: * * * Regulatory Judges Recommend Reducing Nicor Rate Hike By $100 Million, Consumer Advocates Urge Regulators to Cut Further Nicor's Push for Record-Breaking Gas Increase Is Dramatically Inflated, According to Opinion Submitted by Regulatory Judges to Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) * A recommendation pending before state regulators would shave a record-setting rate hike proposal now looming over  more