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Waukegan district hosts legal clinic briefing on immigrants' rights; police chief affirms noncooperation under state trust law
Summary
At a community event hosted by Waukegan Community Unit School District 60, an immigration attorney and the Waukegan police chief advised immigrant families about steps to take during encounters with ICE, emergency planning for children, and local police limits under the stateTrust Act.
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 hosted a Spanish-language "know your rights" presentation in which an immigration attorney and WaukeganPolice Chief Edgar Navarro urged families to document immigration enforcement activity, review emergency plans for children and caregivers, and use legal counsel rather than notaries for immigration advice.
The presentation matters because schools are frequently the setting where immigrant families seek information about encounters with federal immigration agents, and because the Waukegan Police Department said it will not assist federal immigration enforcement under state law, a point organizers said could affect how families respond to ICE contacts.
Belny Contreras, an immigration attorney with the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic in Highland Park, told parents that Immigration and Customs Enforcement generally needs a judicial warrant or probable cause to detain someone and cannot lawfully enter a private home without a judge-signed warrant or the resident's consent. "Si llega ICE a su casa pida ver esa orden…
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