Crime & Public Safety

Illinois Releases Nearly 1,800 Criminal Illegals, Ignores ICE Detainers: DHS

Gov. Pritzker’s administration has instructed correctional facilities not to honor federal requests to hand over custody of illegal immigrant criminals.
Illinois Releases Nearly 1,800 Criminal Illegals, Ignores ICE Detainers: DHS
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2021. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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Illinois has released 1,768 criminal illegal aliens back into the community this year despite federal detainer requests, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.

Those who were released were convicted of various crimes, including homicide, assault, burglary, robbery, serious drug offenses, weapons offenses, and sexual predatory offenses, according to federal officials.

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