{"id":33116,"date":"2026-04-24T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=33116"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:06:49","slug":"defensor-publico-del-condado-de-cook-trump-detenciones-derecho-migratorio-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/04\/24\/cook-county-public-defender-trump-detentions-immigration-law-court\/","title":{"rendered":"La defensor\u00eda p\u00fablica del condado de Cook cre\u00f3 una unidad de inmigraci\u00f3n hace cinco a\u00f1os. El \u00faltimo a\u00f1o la puso a prueba."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ebc27e46f2b\"  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 flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  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-1-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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years ago, the Cook County Public Defender\u2019s (CCPD) immigration division hotline received a handful of calls every week. Now, the office receives back-to-back calls from people seeking free legal guidance as they or their loved ones face deportation, according to Cruz Rodriguez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodriguez is one of the division\u2019s attorneys.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people calling into CCPD \u2014 or referred by other immigration organizations \u2014 are trying to navigate a rapidly changing and complex immigration system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ebc27e48282\"  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_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\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ebc27e4894c\" 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<h3 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><\/h3>\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<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a system he became familiar with as a child of a mixed-status family moving between states and as someone who helped represent immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose experiences have prepared me and have helped me gain a lot of skills as to vicarious trauma\u2026 trying to help someone else navigate a system that is making their trauma worse than they already came with,\u201d said Rodriguez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year marks five years since the unit became a permanent division in the office, but the last year has tested him and the CCPD\u2019s immigration division. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has added pressure on their system with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2025\/08\/05\/trump-doj-immigration-court-ice-judicial-firings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">firing of immigration judges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a surge in detentions and rapidly changing immigration policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, as one of the largest government-backed programs providing free legal aid to non-citizens, the unit is still trying to keep pace with demand. It is trying to meet the moment by expanding operations and absorbing more cases, but the weight of the administration\u2019s immigration enforcement agenda is bearing down. For immigrants they represent, the stakes could not be higher; the free legal representation can determine whether they face deportation or relief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"more-than-five-years-in-the-making\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than five years in the making<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodriguez joined the unit two years ago and has been there through the sharpest surge in demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois saw a more than 500% increase in arrests during the first five weeks after Operation Midway Blitz began in September 2025, the sharpest increase in ICE arrests of any U.S. state, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/2025\/12\/18\/ice-chicago-immigration-blitz-data\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall Project&#8217;s analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of data obtained by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deportationdata.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deportation Data Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With more arrests, there is a greater need for legal help to seek deportation relief and navigate the immigration court system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike criminal defendants, noncitizens don\u2019t have the right to a free government-appointed attorney in immigration court. They must find and pay for their own attorney, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars, or find one who will work for free.<\/span><\/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 flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  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_69ebc27e4a748\"  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 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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-32277\" class=\"post-32277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enforcementandcourts category-immigration-policy category-investigation tag-voluntarydeparture\">\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\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025.12.13_JaimeJr_CF-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jaime Jr., faces away from the camera as he stands beside the condominium parking lot in Mount Prospect, Ill., where his father, Jaime, was taken by federal agents on Oct. 12, 2025.\" \/>\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\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mexican Father Who Signed for Voluntary Departure Didn\u2019t Know He Had a Chance to Stay<\/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\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Aydali Campa\">Aydali Campa<\/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\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">febrero 23, 2026<\/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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cook County is home to more than 520,000 noncitizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February, only one in three immigrants had an attorney when removal orders were issued, according to data compiled and analyzed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tracreports.org\/whatsnew\/email.260324.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syracuse University\u2019s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without counsel, their odds worsen. Detained individuals without legal representation are 10.5% more likely to receive an order of removal, according to an analysis by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/report\/immigration-court\/#:~:text=See%20the%20Interactive-,Key%20findings,detained%20respondents%20with%20legal%20representation.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Immigration Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tovia Siegel, director of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project (TRP), said many people seeking representation are surprised to learn they won\u2019t automatically receive a public defender like they would in criminal court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s why this program matters,\u201d said Siegel. \u201cIt is providing more access to due process, more access to equity for people to be allowed to have their day in court and fight their case with a qualified representative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Defenders for All Coalition, a group of more than 30 organizations including TRP, advocated for a dedicated immigration unit within the public defender\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In collaboration with the coalition, the CCPD piloted a free representation program for individuals in the Chicago immigration court in 2020. A year later, a state law was enacted that made the unit a permanent division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/06\/03\/cook-county-public-defenders-can-represent-immigrants-facing-deportation-in-immigration-court-under-new-state-bill\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of the law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> told Borderless at the time that providing deportation defense through the public defender\u2019s office serves immigrants who can\u2019t afford an attorney and may have a legal right to remain in the country. The immediate focus was to represent detained immigrants and individuals whose immigration status was at risk due to a criminal conviction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CCPD\u2019s immigration unit receives detained cases through referrals from its network of partner organizations, the Midwest Immigrant Defenders Alliance, or from the criminal division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2021 law doesn\u2019t require Cook County to provide a lawyer to every immigrant facing deportation or to allocate new state funds to hire more immigration attorneys.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"responding-to-change\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to change<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the division has focused solely on representing detainees at high risk of deportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Trump was elected in 2024, the office and the Defenders for All Coalition began planning for an increase in detentions, according to Sharlyn Grace, senior policy advisor at CCPD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the explicit plans coming out of the new administration, it seemed obvious that we would need to be prepared for much more unpredictable environments in immigration enforcement,\u201d Grace said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their forecast was right. In 2025, they saw immigration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2025\/08\/05\/trump-doj-immigration-court-ice-judicial-firings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judges being fired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase in detentions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and detainees being moved away from their jurisdiction. This meant clients who would have appeared in the Chicago immigration court are instead appearing before the Memphis Immigration Courthouse or others across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u200b\u200bThe county had the foresight of knowing the tactics coming from the Trump administration would ramp up and jeopardize the safety and stability of residents by sending them to other states,\u201d said County Commissioner Alma Anaya, who advocated for the unit and its expansion.\u00a0<\/span><\/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 flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  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<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">WordPress Popular Posts<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Trending Posts<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ebc27e5187a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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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 flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  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 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<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, the unit found they needed to change the law to allow attorneys to appear in immigration courts on behalf of Cook County residents outside of Illinois and regardless of whether they have a pending court case. Previously, the unit could only take cases already before Chicago\u2019s immigration court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gov. JB Pritzker signed the changes into law in August 2025. In November, Cook County passed a budget that increased funding for seven additional attorneys in the division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since becoming a permanent division, the unit has grown from a staff of four to 11, eight of whom are attorneys, and represented about 220 clients in federal immigration court, according to CCPD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven though we and all of the other [organizations] are not able to represent more than a minority of the folks that have been represented, there&#8217;s still a lot more representation than there would have been two or three years ago,\u201d said Hena Mansori, the unit&#8217;s supervising attorney.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to have 12 attorneys by 2027, according to Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Our immigration division is on track to become the largest provider of legal services to detained individuals in the region,&#8221; 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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 flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  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 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<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The division&#8217;s aim to grow comes not only from increasing demand but also from constant changes in immigration policy, which keep the attorneys busy keeping up with the latest developments and explaining their impacts to clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Rodriguez \u2014 a public defender in the immigration division \u2014 this might look like rushing to file bond motions, appearing before a judge in Memphis over Zoom the next day and then learning that the federal government paused relief, making the client no longer bond-eligible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s like this shift that keeps going back and forth, and it requires us as practitioners to always be unfortunately telling what appears to be confusing advice to clients,\u201d said Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help navigate these frequent immigration policy changes, the unit is also tasked with advising noncitizen clients about how a criminal offense may affect their ability to remain in the U.S. This advice, known as Padilla services, is mandatory for defense attorneys to let their clients know whether a guilty plea to a charge triggers the risk or certainty of deportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodriguez and others in the division advise in Spanish when needed. So far, they have consulted criminal defense attorneys representing noncitizens over 700 times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-national-model\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A National Model<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cases where the odds are stacked against the client have stuck with Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An individual Rodriguez worked with was denied representation by several attorneys who believed he didn\u2019t have a chance to stay in the country due to his conviction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the CCPD immigration division, which describes itself as \u201cmerit-blind,\u201d represented him despite his conviction and won the case, canceling Rodriguez\u2019s client&#8217;s removal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s something that has sat with me for a long time,\u201d said Rodriguez. \u201cThat&#8217;s a positive outcome that I think represents what our office does.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is what makes the program unique, said Rodriguez, helping people fight their cases in both criminal and immigration court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the immigration unit was piloted about six years ago, only a handful of similar programs existed nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere has always been a huge gap between the people who need representation and those who are facing deportation,\u201d said Liz Kenney, associate program director at the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit research and policy organization focused on criminal justice reform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCPD\u2019S immigration division is part of Vera&#8217;s network of jurisdictions that provide similar representation in different ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a growing movement to close that gap over the past decade, with three jurisdictions funding this kind of work in 2016, and about 70 today, according to Kenney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think the Cook County Public Defender&#8217;s [immigration] program has always been a really strong model,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cThey&#8217;ve really stepped in and filled a huge gap for representation, particularly for people in detention, where representation is often most needed but hardest to find.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aydali Campa is a Report for America corps member and covers environmental justice and immigrant communities for Borderless Magazine. 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