The People’s Hearing on Immigration Enforcement: Chicago
The People’s Hearing on Immigration Enforcement was a public forum rooted in the long civil rights tradition of community fact‑finding and record‑building. Designed to inform federal oversight and accountability efforts, the hearing gathered and preserved on‑the‑record testimony about how federal immigration enforcement affects constitutional protections, civil rights, and community safety.
The People’s Hearing on Immigration Enforcement: Chicago, a public forum documenting the civil rights impacts of federal immigration enforcement across the city, will take place on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026.
Hosted at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, the hearing will convene civil rights organizations, legal experts, advocates, and impacted individuals to provide testimony on immigration enforcement practices, detention conditions, and the effects on families and communities.
United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) Chair Rochelle Garza and former USCCR Chair Marty Castro will moderate panel discussions and engage directly with testifiers to document the Chicago community’s impact by federal immigration enforcement.
