One case involves Alejandro Palomo-Godines, a Mexican man. In September 2024, he was arrested in Sangamon County and charged with violating federal weapons laws. An immigration detainer was issued for him on June 16. A June 18 filing shows that the federal government dismissed Palomo-Godines’ case. On June 21, he was transferred from Sangamon County to Adams County Jail in Quincy, held on an ICE detainer and was then “picked up by ICE.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.