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...SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Sheriffs' Association said Tuesday that some violent felons who had faced deportation are instead being released into local communities after their prison terms end as a result of a policy change by Gov. J. B. Pritzker's administration.
...Sheriffs Mike Downey of Kankakee County and Tony Childress of Livingston County, representing the statewide law enforcement group, told reporters at the state Capitol thatthe Illinois Department of Corrections has stopped coordinating the transfer to U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of released inmates who are in the country illegally.
...Downey said it's akin to giving the ex-inmates a “head start to evade federal law." “It's alarming to think that because of a change in policy that suddenly these types of individuals might be walking the streets and we might not even be aware of it," said Sen. Jason Barickman of Bloomington, one of several GOP lawmakers to sign a letter seeking legislative hearings.
...“We're here to first of all call on the administration to reverse this reckless policy and ensure the public that they're safe.”
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