POLI-MIGRA (ICE) Practices In COOK COUNTY CONTINUE

Village of South Holland Police enforces Immigration Laws and leaves a 2 year old Orphan


COOK COUNTY, IL-Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission/Justice Mission received a phone call in regards to a woman, Susana Chichilla age 24, who was stopped by the South Holland Police on her way to the Walgreen’s pharmacy store to purchase medicine for her 2 year old U.S. Citizen son who is very ill and in need of daily medication.


“Officer P. Williams star#102, who works on the morning shift, is the arresting officer of Susana Chichilla and the cause of the break up of this innocent family. Because of his decision to call Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) against Susana Chichilla, a 2 year old Citizen child is about to become orphan” said Father Landaverde, “This U.S. Citizen child is suffering tremendously for this unjust and inhumane action that this local police officer took, we can not tolerate racial profiling and this kind of attacks to our immigrant families any longer, we denounce as unjust and inhumane the acts of South Holland Police and any law enforcement agency and individuals that collaborate with ICE and tries to enforce unjust and inhumane laws like the ones from our broken immigration system, we will bring our voices and community power to the door steps of the Village of South Holland if there's not an immediate release from custody of Susana Chichilla ” concluded Father Landaverde.


Jose Herrera, organizer for the Immigrant Youth Justice League and the Justice Mission, said “The welcoming message of South Holland made by Mayor, Don A. De Graff, states that the Village was founded by early Dutch settlers and that their history has included a heritage of faith in God with an important emphasis on unity in the family, if this last part is true then why do they take this kind of action against Susana Chichilla? We must lift our voices and denounce all of this. The Village of South Holland is located in the county of cook. County of Cook does not participate in any of the ICE programs, like the Secure Communities or 287(g) programs, which make legal the collaboration of ICE and local law enforcement agencies, WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF SUSANA CHICHILLA” concluded Jose Herrera.