Police chiefs rip county’s refusal to hold suspected illegal immigrants

BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter
September 30, 2011 7:34PM

Some suburban police chiefs are blasting the Cook County Board’s decision to release from jail suspected illegal immigrants before the feds can take custody and possibly deport them.

The West Suburban Chiefs of Police Association sent a strongly worded letter this week to Board President Toni Preckwinkle, asking that she and county commissioners “rescindâ€