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Dozens of emails reviewed by the nonprofit newsroom Injustice Watch reveal a pattern of consequential collaboration between county prosecutors and federal immigration agencies across Illinois during the first 15 months of Trump’s second term.

State’s attorneys’ offices shared sensitive personal data about the people they were prosecuting without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight. People flagged to ICE were detained and deported, tearing families apart.

Sometimes, prosecutors volunteered information on their own. Other times, they simply answered DHS agents’ enquiries. The collaboration typically happened without the knowledge of defendants or their attorneys.