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Though Cook County released most of the illegal immigrants federal authorities wanted to apprehend, records show that the county transferred 86 jailed illegal immigrants to federal custody in 2025.
“We must call this for what it is: voter suppression that will silence Black and Brown voters,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a prepared statement. “The magnitude of this decision cannot be understated: It guts the Voting Rights Act and its very purpose of protecting all voices. Every American deserves an equal vote.”
“There’s no shame in admitting that you made a mistake. There is in not correcting the mistake. And in this case, these mistakes have proven to be very deadly,” Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said. Gov. JB Pritzker, however, shifted blame away from the act as a whole, saying many cases have been because judges have made improper determinations.
“It absolutely needs to be amended because I think while the intention was good, not forcing people to sit in jail because they couldn’t afford bond on minor crimes, it has been utterly manipulated and abused by dangerous violent repeat offenders who have no regard for the sanctity of human life, no regard for property, and no intention of ever following the law,” Ald. Ray Lopez said.
Joseph Graciosa, a computer science teacher at Solorio Academy High School, said that May 1 at his building will begin with an assembly about the history of May Day and the power of students in education reform. Discussions will highlight the impact of recent immigration raids on the school’s community.
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