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Cook County, the country’s second most populous county after Los Angeles, decided earlier this month that it will no longer hold people it arrests on Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers because it costs the county $15 million each year—more than they're willing to spend.

Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia introduced the ordinance.

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Is Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using racial profiling to harass brown people? Stories from Washington, Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina, among others, suggest that the answer is: Yes. Under the guise of doing their federal immigration duties, CBP agents are roaming around border states questioning Latinos about their immigration statuses, according to a number of news stories and reports from RWG members around the country:

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Oregon's Safe Communities Project, a coalition of faith, labor, and immigrant rights groups, spoke out against HB87 in Georgia and connected anti-immigrant legislation with the racial profiling resulting from "Secure Communities." 

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Nearly 400 community members came together in Atlanta this past weekend for a Know Your Rights presentation on HB 87. The diverse group of immigrants from all over East and Southeast Asia and Latin America came together along with white and African American allies to learn about how the first Arizona copycat to pass in the South, Georgia's HB 87, will affect their communities when it goes into effect at the end of the week.