The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants

Two prosecutors in Illinois counties provided federal immigration agents with defendants' personal information without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative authorization, according to a report by the University of Chicago Law School's Policing Project. The prosecutors shared data including addresses, phone numbers, and immigration status from criminal cases. The arrangement operated without public knowledge until the research project documented the practice. No legislation governed the data sharing between state prosecutors' offices and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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