Chaotic year in immigration policy challenges Chicago
Tania Unzueta
“It’s been basically emergency after emergency for most of the year ” said  Tania Unzueta  a local activist with the national Mijente organization  a Latino organizing group . “From immigration raids to members of our organization being called to do check-ins and really not knowing whether they could be detained or deported.”
Even many who had been in Chicago for years and felt somewhat protected found themselves targets   Unzueta  said. Some of the fear of early 2017 has subsided   she  said  but immigrant groups remain wary.
“I think of a lot of time people would see an officer or a white van and just call it in ”  Unzueta  said. “People thought they saw raids everywhere — so that’s come down a little bit. But we are still definitely getting calls about people getting picked up.”
 Unzueta  pointed to the Trust Act  signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner this past summer;  it  prohibits state and local police in Illinois from arresting or detaining people solely based on their immigration status.
“It’s been basically emergency after emergency for most of the year ” said  [TGT] . “From immigration raids to members of our organization being called to do check-ins and really not knowing whether they could be detained or deported.”
Even many who had been in Chicago for years and felt somewhat protected found themselves targets   [TGT]said. Some of the fear of early 2017 has subsided   she  said  but immigrant groups remain wary.
“I think of a lot of time people would see an officer or a white van and just call it in ”  [TGT]said. “People thought they saw raids everywhere — so that’s come down a little bit. But we are still definitely getting calls about people getting picked up.”
 [TGT]pointed to the Trust Act  signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner this past summer;  [TGT]  prohibits state and local police in Illinois from arresting or detaining people solely based on their immigration status.