A state commission dedicated to documenting misconduct by federal immigration agents and making policy recommendations issued its initial report Friday.
The Illinois Accountability Commission, created through executive order by Governor JB Pritzker in October, has spent recent months reviewing actions of federal agents stationed in the Chicagoland area during President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign.
Those who spoke Friday offered a number of recommendations for accountability, including that immigration agents are not masked and have clearly displayed identification, and that the geographic jurisdiction for Customs and Border Patrol be limited to areas closer to the border, and that disciplinary action be referred to local law enforcement, which would be exempt from presidential pardon.
The commission will consider these and other recommendations as it works toward issuing a final report on April 30.
