The Chicago area is releasing illegal immigrants who are in jail for minor offenses, mainly for financial reasons. - - Donna Poisl
Board votes to reject federal requests to hold suspected illegal immigrants jailed in minor cases
By Antonio Olivo, Tribune reporter
The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance Wednesday that would allow suspected illegal immigrants jailed in misdemeanor cases to be freed despite federal requests to have them detained for possible deportation.
The legislation, which passed by a vote of 10-5, again places Illinois in the middle of the ongoing national debate over federal immigration reforms. But County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other supporters characterized the ordinance as a financial issue.
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