Hundreds of jailed illegal aliens released back onto blue-state streets despite ICE detainers, records show | 29 April 2026 | Chicago-area officials released more than 400 illegal immigrants arrested on criminal charges amid the Trump administration’s 2025 immigration enforcement surge, public records obtained by a conservative legal group show. “Cook County and the State of Illinois have turned sanctuary policies into a deadly shield for criminal illegal aliens,” Will Scolinos, an America First Legal attorney, said in a comment to Fox News Digital of the data. “By releasing hundreds of illegal aliens despite explicit ICE detainers in just one year, sanctuary laws endangered American lives. The tragic murder of Sheridan Gorman is the predictable outcome of pro-illegal alien madness that has infiltrated the Blue States,” he added.