Hanover Park mayor: No bail for illegal immigrants

dailyherald.com
By Kimberly Pohl
Article updated: 9/26/2011 5:53 AM

Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig assumed that three suspected illegal immigrants accused of assaulting two of his village's police officers would be in the custody of immigration officials, not released back into the community.

But that's exactly where Herlinda Cazares, Carlos EcheverrÃ*a and Francisco Paredes can be found after posting bond despite their immigration status and felony charges including aggravated battery, resisting arrest and attempting to disarm a police officer.

Under an ordinance passed earlier this month by the Cook County Board, a suspected illegal immigrant charged with anything from a traffic violation to first-degree murder can be freed on bond, even when federal authorities ask to have them detained for possible deportation.

“They're walking out the front gates like anyone else,â€