A kidnapping victim was rescued, and a suspect was arrested early Friday morning after police located a stolen vehicle tied to an incident in Chicago’s south suburbs.
According to Illinois State Police, the incident began around 1:48 a.m. when troopers, with assistance from Chicago police, tracked down the vehicle near 127th Street and Menard Avenue in Crestwood. Inside the vehicle, officers found the victim along with the suspect, who was also wanted in Iowa on a nationwide warrant for a probation violation.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident. Authorities have not released details on the kidnapping victim’s condition.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit in Illinois targeting Chicago’s sanctuary laws.
According to the lawsuit, the sanctuary laws interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) means of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants.
Officials with the Justice Department told The New York Post, “We’ve identified Illinois, the city of Chicago and Cook County as all having laws and ordinances on the books that impede federal immigration enforcement, in particular the Chicago Welcoming ordinance, the Illinois Trust Act.”
The lawsuit says that Illinois’ local laws violate federal laws that “prohibit state and local governments from refusing to share information,” as well as “restrict local governments from sharing immigration information with federal law enforcement officials.”
The jurisdictions involved in the lawsuit “refuse to cooperate with detainers,” the official told The Post, adding, “so instead of handing over people who are in prison or in jail to federal immigration authorities they will just let folks go.”
“This lawsuit will put the spotlight on obstruction by state and local officials and their refusal to support the administration and compliance with the law. The law says people who are here illegally are not allowed to stay here, they should be deported. So we want to make sure those impediments are taken away,” the official said.
