{"id":18489,"date":"2023-01-17T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T00:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=18489"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:44:14","slug":"la-policia-de-chicago-deniega-el-acceso-a-la-ciudadania-a-decenas-de-indocumentados-victimas-de-delitos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/01\/17\/chicago-police-denied-scores-of-undocumented-crime-victims-a-path-to-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"La polic\u00eda de Chicago deneg\u00f3 a decenas de v\u00edctimas de delitos indocumentadas el acceso a la ciudadan\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc4349d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><em>This story was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/\">Injustice Watch<\/a>, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After his brakes started acting up on I-94 one night in November 2021, tractor-trailer driver Nodirjon Zakirjonov decided to pull over to the side of the road in the Pullman neighborhood to fix the problem. But in the middle of his repairs, the 30-year-old was suddenly struck on the head and knocked unconscious. When he came to, he felt his abdomen \u201cburning.\u201d He\u2019d been stabbed and robbed.<\/p>\n<p>The assault left the immigrant from Uzbekistan with a ten-inch scar across his torso and deeper trauma. For months, he struggled to drive long distances, and any slight mishap on the road triggered a panic attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc44c4e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc4587a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc45f60\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cI was living in a horror film,\u201d he said in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>Zakirjonov found it hard to talk about the assault, but eventually he confided in his friends, and one of them suggested that he apply for a U visa.<\/p>\n<p>A U visa offers temporary legal status and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were victims of certain crimes and who are considered to be helpful or \u201clikely to be helpful\u201d to law enforcement. Congress created the visa program in 2000 to encourage undocumented immigrants to report crimes and help law enforcement better serve immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<p>Zakirjonov immigrated to Chicago on a student visa but lost his legal status after graduating from Concordia University Chicago with a master\u2019s degree in 2020. A few months after the assault, Zakirjonov contacted an immigration attorney to apply for a U visa. But before he could submit his application, he needed the Chicago Police Department to certify that he was indeed a qualified crime victim who had cooperated in their investigation. His lawyer, Julia Sverdloff, mailed his certification request to CPD in April. She was confident he\u2019d get certified.<\/p>\n<p>But what should have been a straight-forward process turned into a monthslong nightmare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc47ca7\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Zakirjonov_truck_photo_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Nordijon Zakirjonov with his two children in front of his tractor-trailer in November.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo Courtesy of Nordijon Zakirjonov<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc489fe\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>First, police officials said he needed to prove his identity. Then they told him that a detective had tried to reach him to no avail. After Zakirjonov sent a sworn affidavit promising to help investigators, CPD denied him a third time, telling him that he needed to call detectives and ask them to reopen his case. An open investigation isn\u2019t a requirement for police to sign a U visa certification, but Zakirjonov did as he was told. He met with detectives in August, and they reopened his case. But CPD denied him again the next month, saying he didn\u2019t have \u201ccredible and reliable information\u201d about the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was informed in a straightforward way that CPD is not believing me, I said, \u2018That\u2019s all.\u2019 That was the last shot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>An Injustice Watch investigation found that the department has denied hundreds of U visa certification requests from undocumented crime victims this year, many of them at odds with federal certification standards and some that appeared to violate state law.<\/p>\n<p>Two Chicago police sergeants, Brandon Ternand and John Poulos, issued most of the denials reviewed by Injustice Watch. Both sergeants have fatally shot civilians and had serious questions raised by investigators about their credibility. Both also faced termination, but in 2018 the Chicago Police Board allowed them to keep their jobs. The city has paid out more than $3 million in settlements and judgments relating to the two sergeants.<\/p>\n<p>Police watchdogs said the decision to designate Ternand and Poulos as U visa certifiers raises questions about CPD\u2019s selection process for the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the extent that the Police Department has any interest in building its legitimacy or establishing public trust, you don\u2019t put people who violated the most fundamental tenets of public trust and CPD rules . . . in positions in which their credibility [and] integrity matters,\u201d said Craig Futterman, director of the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project at the University of Chicago. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine anything more basic than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys and legal advocates who regularly work on U visa applications called the number of denials by CPD in the last year \u201cunprecedented\u201d and said they worried it will discourage Chicago\u2019s undocumented immigrants from reporting crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d719fc493d4\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 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href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/rita-oceguera\/\" title=\"View all posts by Rita Oceguera\">Rita Oceguera<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/04\/27\/left-behind-how-deportation-affects-a-chicago-mother-and-her-6-kids\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">abril 27, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cAll it takes is one person that you know who had a negative encounter with law enforcement to affect your willingness to come forward in assisting in an investigation or prosecution of a crime,\u201d said Trisha Teofilo Olave, a legal project manager at the Chicago-based National Immigrant Justice Center who represents dozens of U visa applicants.<\/p>\n<p>After Injustice Watch started reporting this story and following weeks of complaints from immigration attorneys to officials in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s office, sources said in November that CPD pledged to revise its policies on U visa certifications. The most significant change will require the department\u2019s Office of Legal Affairs to review all denials as well as handle appeals of previously denied requests.<\/p>\n<p>CPD did not answer any questions raised by Injustice Watch and did not respond to interview requests for Ternand and Poulos. Instead, the department issued a brief written statement in which it vowed to \u201ccontinue working to ensure the U visa certification process is in accordance with the federal guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a City Council meeting in December, after Injustice Watch and the Reader published this story online, a majority of alderpersons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/news\/2022\/u-visa-city-council-hearings-resolution\/\">signed on to two measures<\/a> calling for hearings on CPD\u2019s handling of U visa certifications and for the department to collect better data and make its U visa certification process more transparent. The measures were referred to the council\u2019s public safety and immigrant rights committees, which could take them up later this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc4e9e2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"certifying-officers-dont-understand-the-law\">Certifying officers \u2018don\u2019t understand the law\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Unlike many other law enforcement agencies, CPD said it doesn\u2019t keep data on the number of U visa certification requests it receives or how many it denies. But in response to a public records request, department officials told Injustice Watch in October that CPD has denied \u201cat least 800\u201d U visa certifications in the last two years alone.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, in 2021, police in Los Angeles denied fewer than 350 certification requests and police in New York denied about 150 requests, according to data from those departments. Each of those two cities is home to at least 150,000 more undocumented immigrants than Chicago, recent estimates from each city show.<\/p>\n<p>At Injustice Watch\u2019s request, Chicago police reviewed a batch of recently closed certification cases\u2014110 in all\u2014and determined that 57 of those requests had been denied, a denial rate of nearly 52 percent. That would put Chicago well above other major cities\u2014including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, and San Francisco\u2014in the percentage of requests denied, according to 2021 data from those departments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc4f925\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/koRiU-chicago-police-deny-u-visa-certification-requests-at-a-higher-rate-than-other-large-cities_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Created with Datawrapper<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc511aa\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The U visa program was created as part of larger legislation aimed at curbing human trafficking and violence against women. But many of the certifications denied by CPD have been for victims of the very crimes that qualify under the law\u2014including domestic violence and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Leslye Orloff, an expert in U visas and director of the National Immigrant Women\u2019s Advocacy Project at American University, reviewed the denials for Injustice Watch and found that many of those decisions ran contrary to federal certification guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Poulos and Ternand collectively signed more than three-quarters of the denial letters that CPD provided to Injustice Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Orloff, who helped write the law that created the U visa and trains police departments nationwide on its implementation, concluded that the sergeants \u201cdon\u2019t understand the law\u201d\u2014and called into question CPD\u2019s monitoring of their work. \u201cThe fact that [the denials] are going out the door means that their supervising structure isn\u2019t checking to see if they\u2019re getting it right,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the complaints from immigration attorneys, Ternand and Poulos remained U visa certifying officers as of late October, CPD records show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc52183\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"before-certifying-u-visas-poulos-and-ternand-faced-termination\">Before certifying U visas, Poulos and Ternand faced termination<\/h3>\n<p>The Chicago Police Department did not respond to questions about why Poulos and Ternand were assigned to Unit 163, the Records Inquiry Section that reviews U visa certification requests, following failed attempts to fire them.<\/p>\n<p>Poulos, who is white, shot and killed two Black men in separate incidents in just over three years. In an off-duty incident in August 2013, Poulos <a href=\"https:\/\/illinoisanswers.org\/2016\/05\/01\/questions-emerge-over-lincoln-park-police-shooting\/\">said Rickey Rozelle, 28, threatened to kill him<\/a> before Poulos shot him. Records show that investigators didn\u2019t recover a weapon. The city later <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2018\/7\/23\/18420080\/aldermen-sign-off-on-4-5m-in-settlements-tied-to-police-wrongdoing\">settled with Rozelle\u2019s family<\/a> for $950,000. While on duty in November 2016, authorities said Poulos fatally shot 19-year-old Kajuan Raye in the back during a foot chase. Oversight agencies cleared Poulos of wrongdoing in both shootings, but a jury awarded Raye\u2019s family $1 million in a civil suit. Poulos claimed Raye pointed a gun at him, but forensics experts hired by both sides said in court filings that a gun in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/experts-physical-evidence-shows-teen-had-gun-but-wasnt-holding-it-when-shot-by-police\/b0d421ee-a32e-424d-b908-47f262801a49\">Raye\u2019s possession was tucked away in his jacket pocket when Poulos shot him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Raye\u2019s death, then-police superintendent Eddie Johnson filed charges to fire Poulos. But the charges had nothing to do with the shootings. Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/content\/dam\/city\/depts\/cpb\/PoliceDiscipline\/17PB2932.pdf\">they stemmed from two internal investigations<\/a> from years earlier that found Poulos had concealed a past arrest when he applied to be an officer and had an ownership stake in his family\u2019s sports bar once he got the job, a violation of CPD policy. Internal Affairs had recommended that Poulos be fired for those infractions in 2007, but police brass never followed through. By the time Johnson filed charges with the police board in 2017, Poulos had received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-chicago-police-shootings-john-poulos-met-20161212-story.html\">\u201cmerit promotion\u201d to sergeant<\/a>, according to the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>In its 2017 report on CPD\u2019s systemic failures in the wake of Laquan McDonald\u2019s fatal shooting, the Justice Department singled out Poulos\u2019 case for comment, saying CPD could have stopped his promotion\u2014and potentially stopped him from killing Raye\u2014if the department had a \u201cfunctioning early intervention\u201d system to alert officials of problem officers.<\/p>\n<p>But in February 2018, the police board\u2014chaired then by Lightfoot\u2014unanimously ruled against firing Poulos, concluding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-met-discipline-dropped-chicago-cop-20180302-story.html\">CPD took too long<\/a> to bring the charges against him. Records show that Johnson designated Poulos as a U visa certifying officer in September 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d719fc52bbe\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5339\" class=\"post-5339 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-resources tag-conviction\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/03\/31\/cook-county-aims-to-disrupt-the-conviction-to-deportation-pipeline\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210316_ImmigrationUnit_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"immigrants, conviction, court, criminalization, deportation, defender, attorney, courts, representation\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/03\/31\/cook-county-aims-to-disrupt-the-conviction-to-deportation-pipeline\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cook County aims to disrupt the conviction-to-deportation pipeline<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/carlos-ballesteros\/\" title=\"View all posts by Carlos Ballesteros\">Carlos Ballesteros<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/03\/31\/cook-county-aims-to-disrupt-the-conviction-to-deportation-pipeline\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">marzo 31, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>A few weeks later, the police board cleared Ternand of any wrongdoing in his fatal shooting of high school freshman Dakota Bright. During a foot chase in November 2012, Ternand, who is white, fired a single shot, hitting Bright in the back of the head. The officer said he saw the Black 15-year-old reach for a gun. But Bright was unarmed when Ternand shot him; police later recovered a gun 200 feet away from Bright\u2019s body, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/chicago-cop-who-killed-15-year-old-dakota-bright-will-keep-his-job\/f1c20c63-4637-422d-b7f0-85b78ffaa2bb\">WBEZ reported<\/a>. The city\u2019s police oversight agency ruled the shooting unjustified in 2017 after finding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocopa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1058279-1.pdf\">many \u201cinconsistencies\u201d in Ternand\u2019s account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/content\/dam\/city\/depts\/cpb\/PoliceDiscipline\/17PB2940.pdf\">a 5-3 ruling that kept Ternand on the force<\/a>, the police board said that his testimony was \u201ccredible and persuasive\u201d and praised Ternand as a \u201chighly decorated\u201d officer who had a \u201creputation for honesty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was despite the more than two dozen misconduct complaints Ternand had <a href=\"https:\/\/cpdp.co\/officer\/28329\/brandon-ternand\/\">racked up in the years before and after killing Bright<\/a>, including allegations that Ternand had lied in police reports about using excessive force. In one case, Cook County prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoreporter.com\/chicago-police-use-cover-charges-to-justify-excessive-force\/\">declined to bring charges against a man whom Ternand said hit him<\/a> after a CPD detective found bystander footage of the incident that contradicted Ternand\u2019s police report, according to a civil lawsuit the man later filed.<\/p>\n<p>Like most misconduct complaints against Chicago police officers, none of those complaints against Ternand were sustained. In all, Ternand was named in five lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.chicagoreporter.com\/settlements\/officer\/29088\/\">$1 million in settlements<\/a> between 2011 and 2016, according to records collected by the Chicago Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>After the police board saved his job, Ternand was transferred to the 11th District on the west side. Ternand was assigned to Unit 163 in January, and Superintendent David Brown designated him as a U visa certifying officer a month later.<\/p>\n<p>Poulos and Ternand did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chicago inspector general Joe Ferguson, who oversaw investigations of police policies and practices, told Injustice Watch that if CPD is going to keep Ternand and Poulos on the force, \u201cthey certainly should not be put into a position that involves their certification of official matters, for which their veracity and their credibility is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc5699f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_3009_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Illustration by Ver\u00f3nica Mart\u00ednez for Injustice Watch<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc579e8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"looking-for-excuses-to-deny-u-visas\">\u2018Looking for excuses to deny\u2019 U visas<\/h3>\n<p>Not long after Ternand joined the U visa unit, some attorneys started noticing an uptick in denials of certification requests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting in April, we started noticing this trend where they were getting denied for no reason,\u201d Shelby Vcelka, an immigration attorney with Victory Law Office in Berwyn, told Injustice Watch.<\/p>\n<p>One of those denials was for Reyna Mariano, a 40-year-old, undocumented mother from Mexico whose teenage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-boys-shot-brighton-park-20171027-story.html\">son was shot and killed in 2017<\/a>. Under federal law, parents and other immediate family members of deceased minor victims of qualifying crimes can apply for a U visa as an \u201cindirect victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mariano told Injustice Watch that at first she didn\u2019t want to apply for a U visa because she felt guilty about \u201cgetting something out of\u201d her son\u2019s death. She decided to apply for the visa last year because she believed obtaining legal status and a work permit would help her provide for her four-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>But Ternand denied her U visa certification request, saying without explanation that she didn\u2019t qualify as an indirect victim. Vcelka appealed the denial, but Poulos denied her request again on the same grounds. Mariano was later granted certification from the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office, which prosecuted her son\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p>CPD also denied at least a dozen requests from domestic violence survivors last year, the Injustice Watch investigation found.<\/p>\n<p>In one of those cases, a 43-year-old woman on the south side, who had obtained an order of protection against her former partner, called police after he threw her \u201conto the ground multiple times\u201d according to a police report. Ternand denied her certification, saying she hadn\u2019t suffered \u201csubstantial physical harm.\u201d In another example, Ternand denied a request from a 23-year-old woman who told police she locked herself in her room as her knife-wielding father tried to open the door while shouting threats to kill her. Again, Ternand said the woman hadn\u2019t suffered substantial harm.<\/p>\n<p>But federal certification guidelines issued by the Department of Homeland Security say that it\u2019s up to immigration officials\u2014not local law enforcement\u2014to determine if U visa applicants have suffered enough harm to qualify for the visa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that they\u2019re denying based on substantial harm is totally wrong,\u201d Orloff said. \u201cDenying based on substantial harm, to me, says that they\u2019re looking for excuses to deny that the law doesn\u2019t require.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fborderlessmag.org%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F01%2Fsample-of-u-visa-certifications-denied-by-cpd.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Adjuntar Documento\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Cargador\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Cargando...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"Logotipo de EAD\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\u00bfTarda demasiado?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Recargar\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Recargar el documento\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sample-of-u-visa-certifications-denied-by-cpd.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Abrir\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Abrir en una nueva pesta\u00f1a\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Four examples of U visa certifications denied by Chicago police sergeants John Poulos and Brandon Ternand. Contributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/\">Injustice Watch<\/a>. Source: Chicago police FOIA request<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poulos also denied at least six certification requests because, he said, the crimes listed on the police report\u2014\u201csimple assault-domestic\u201d and \u201csimple battery-domestic\u201d\u2014weren\u2019t qualifying crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s wrong\u2014\u2018Simple assault\u2013domestic related\u2019 is domestic violence,\u201d Orloff said. \u201cEach of these officers are doing things that are dead wrong on the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immigration attorneys said it makes sense for CPD to deny some of the hundreds of U visa certification requests it receives every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be a rubber stamp. Not everyone should get a certification,\u201d said attorney Carlos Becerra. \u201cBut I think the other extreme is denying certifications and having either a very flimsy basis for doing it or having no basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becerra sued CPD in November after Ternand denied a U visa certification for one of his clients, a rideshare driver who was attacked by a passenger, leaving him with a broken nose, according to the lawsuit. Ternand denied the man twice for allegedly failing to cooperate in the investigation, even though he \u201cprovided evidence that the case had [been] reopened,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, a report by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights found that law enforcement agencies across the state had inconsistent policies on U visa certification that often conflicted with federal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, the Illinois General Assembly passed the VOICES Act, which set statewide guidelines on U visa certifications. The law requires law enforcement agencies to recertify U visa applicants whose initial certification had expired. Under federal law, the certifications expire after six months, but immigrants and their lawyers often need more time than that to file their U visa applications.<\/p>\n<p>CPD, however, denied several recertification requests last year, including one for a woman who was sexually assaulted as a minor, according to attorneys and records reviewed by Injustice Watch.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Governor. J.B. Pritzker signed additional legislation requiring law enforcement agencies statewide to report the number of U visa certification requests they\u2019ve received and approved or denied each year. The first of those reports is due in March. The Justice Department\u2019s Office of Violence Against Women awarded a nearly $1 million grant to CPD in October 2020 in part to fund a U visa data dashboard. In an email, a CPD spokesperson said the dashboard \u201chas not yet been created.\u201d The department declined to say whether it would be able to meet the new reporting requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc594a0\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"attorneys-ask-the-mayors-office-for-help\">Attorneys ask the mayor\u2019s office for help<\/h3>\n<p>In late August, Olave, the legal project manager at the National Immigrant Justice Center, led a training session for Ternand, Poulos, and other CPD U visa certifying officers. Attorneys hoped that the training would stem the flow of flawed denials, according to emails obtained through a public records request. They were wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of practitioners were waiting until the certifier training on August 25 in the hopes that things would get better,\u201d Olave wrote in an email to Darci Flynn, Lightfoot\u2019s director of gender-based violence strategy and policy, on September 13. \u201cUnfortunately, it seems they have only gotten worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn forwarded the email to Elena Gottreich, Lightfoot\u2019s deputy mayor of public safety, who sent it to CPD chief of staff Leslie Silletti and Tina Skahill, the department\u2019s executive director of constitutional policing and reform. \u201cThis has been an issue for years, we need to address asap,\u201d Gottreich wrote.<\/p>\n<p>But the denials kept coming, the emails show. Attorneys began \u201cadvising clients to not apply for immigration relief based on a belief of an eventual denial from CPD,\u201d according to an October 4 email to top CPD officials from Nubia Willman, the mayor\u2019s chief community engagement officer and an immigration attorney with years of experience working on U visa applications.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Willman and other senior members of the administration met with CPD officials, including Skahill and general counsel Dana O\u2019Malley, the emails show. Neither the mayor\u2019s office nor CPD answered Injustice Watch\u2019s questions about what happened at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>But in a follow-up email to the meeting participants, Willman wrote, \u201cFor years, CPD has set best practices throughout the state for being responsive and trauma-informed towards survivors of crimes. I\u2019m hopeful that this check-in will allow us to return to those processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the questionable denials kept coming, attorneys said. In an email sent to Willman on October 19, an immigration attorney wrote, \u201cWe received a second denial after I appealed the U cert[ification] denial to CPD\u2014it\u2019s very generic and does not even indicate that CPD reviewed my arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisheartening to see,\u201d Willman wrote back. \u201cWe\u2019re following up on these so feel free to send my way as we meet with CPD to discuss further. Hopefully we\u2019ll have an update soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By mid-November, sources told Injustice Watch, CPD started requiring that all denials would now go through its legal department before being finalized. The legal department also will review all appeals for denials already issued.<\/p>\n<p>But Olave worries that some immigrants who were improperly denied a U visa certification request may not know that they can appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are definitely people out there who have gotten a denial over the past year who may just give up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>CPD did not respond to Injustice Watch\u2019s questions about the policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s office declined a request for an interview with Willman and Flynn. In a statement, a spokesperson for the mayor\u2019s office said that when \u201cconcerns were raised to her office about U visa certification denials, the mayor ordered a review of the application process. The city will continue to work with advocates and the Chicago Police Department to provide any necessary adjustments to the policy or training to ensure appropriate access to this legal remedy and to ensure that we are living our values as a welcoming city in all ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc5a53f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"the-long-line-ahead\">The long line ahead<\/h3>\n<p>After receiving four denial letters, Zakirjonov, the truck driver who was stabbed in November 2021, didn\u2019t think he\u2019d ever get a U visa certification from CPD.<\/p>\n<p>Then, three weeks after Injustice Watch asked CPD about his case this past November, his lawyer received an unexpected letter from CPD. A year after being stabbed and robbed, Zakirjonov finally was certified for a U visa by CPD\u2014even though he never appealed the fourth denial letter he received in September.<\/p>\n<p>Zakirjonov had already given up hope that CPD would do right by him, he said, and had turned his attention to taking care of his pregnant wife and their two kids, ages seven and four. \u201cTo be honest, 99 percent of my focus and thinking was just to feed my family and live my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While he can finally apply for a U visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, CPD\u2019s six-month delay puts him farther back in a line that is getting longer by the day.<\/p>\n<p>By law, federal immigration officials can only give out 10,000 U visas to crime victims each year. USCIS said it has more than 180,000 pending cases, double the number in 2016. 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To stay in the country for longer, immigrants must seek a green card. Three years after obtaining a U visa, recipients can apply for a green card, which currently takes another year or two to process.<\/p>\n<p>One of Olave\u2019s clients obtained her U visa last month after submitting her application more than six years ago. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at her applying for a green card in November 2025,\u201d Olave said. \u201cHopefully processing times don\u2019t get longer, but it could be 2027 by the time she finally gets her green card. That\u2019s over ten years since she applied for the U visa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zakirjonov doesn\u2019t know if he can wait that long, but he knows that\u2019s all he can do at this point. \u201cIt\u2019s draining, thinking about it every time,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just gonna let it go, and at some point, it\u2019s gonna be yes or no.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d719fc5d0a3\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 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