With help from Nick Niedzwiadek and Neelam Bohra U.S. UNIONS TURN THEIR FOCUS EAST: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten touched down at Poland’s border with Ukraine on Sunday as the first U.S. union official to visit the conflict-torn region. Weingarten, who coordinated the trip with Polish teachers union […]
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Illinois’ law ending immigration detention in 2022 hits snag
CHICAGO — An Illinois law aimed at ending federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag, delaying a change immigrant rights activists had celebrated as historic. Local governments in Illinois cannot enter into new federal agreements allowing jails to house immigrant detainees and must end old […]