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Illinois TRUST Act Under Fire | Springfield News
Illinois’ TRUST Act was meant to shield immigrant communities from federal immigration enforcement—but in just 15 months after a certain president returned to office, 75 agencies shared data with ICE, leading to over 150 people caught up in deportation. Local cops can’t detain suspects on immigration warrants, but FBI agents often exploit loopholes by suggesting arrests on unrelated state charges like DUIs, holding people overnight for federal pickup. Families are terrified, trust is eroding, and even well-intentioned local departments are caught in a system where fingerprints from routine…
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