Prosecutors Told How to Charge ICE Agents

Prosecutors told how to charge ICE agents

Cook County State’s Attorney's Office released new guidelines for charging federal immigration agents.

Cook County top prosecutor circulates policy outlining process for charging federal immigration agents

The Cook County state's attorney's office on Thursday released a protocol outlining the steps for filing charges against federal immigration agents, marking the first official policy from the office on the topic amid uproar over agents' conduct in the Chicago area and a public feud between the mayor and State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke.

Cook County State’s Attorney rolls out ICE prosecution plan, but her own protocol reveals how hard that will be – CWB Chicago

Chief among the county’s hurdles would be the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. According to the protocol, before Cook County prosecutors could charge a federal officer, they would first have to overcome a claim of Supremacy Clause immunity — a high bar that requires the state to prove the officer was not performing an act authorized by federal law, or that the officer did more than what was “necessary and proper.”

Cook County’s top prosecutor outlines process to charge lawbreaking ICE agents

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke unveiled new guidance Thursday for prosecuting the alleged crimes of federal immigration agents, after denouncing a plan put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson and facing mounting pressure to do more to address the feds’ at times aggressive and violent tactics.It marks the most tangible step O’Neill Burke’s office has taken to crack down on the federal agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s agg…

Illinois' Cook County top prosecutor circulates policy outlining process for charging federal immigration agents

CHICAGO — The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Thursday released a protocol outlining the steps for filing charges against federal immigration agents, marking the first official policy from the office on the topic amid uproar over ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor outlines plan to crack down on law-breaking ICE agents

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke unveiled new guidance Thursday for prosecuting the alleged crimes of federal immigration agents, after denouncing a plan put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson and facing mounting pressure to do more to address the feds’ at times aggressive and violent tactics. It marks the most tangible step O’Neill Burke’s office has taken to crack down on the federal agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s ag…