Cook County Board approves resolution denouncing ICE tactics, commissioners and advocates call for legal aid and courthouse protections

The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 17 voted to approve Resolution 25-3451, denouncing what the measure called “callous and deceptive tactics” by federal immigration agents including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Commissioners concurred with the Human Relations Committee recommendation to approve the substitute resolution and adopted it by voice vote.

Advocates and community leaders told the board the resolution matters because federal immigration operations have had immediate effects on families and on courthouse safety. “The word we have for this is evil,” said the Rev. Lindsay Joyce, speaking for the Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance, Grace Church of Logan Square and Arise Chicago, describing ICE actions she said were “tearing families apart” and leaving…