Martin Koste
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On this particular morning, a group of those protesters, some identifying as clergy, were
reportedly surged past a security barrier, triggering a shoving match with Cook County Sheriff's deputies and state police, as well as arrests.
The holding facility is the target of a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions.
People held on immigration violations describe overcrowding and insufficient food and medical care.
Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered hundreds of immigration detainees let go on bond and monitored release, but the federal government still has a week to comply.
Criminologists and pollsters will tell you that Americans tend to say that crime is getting worse even in times when crime is actually going down.
That's been true for the last two or three years, but now, for the first time in more than two decades, fewer than half of respondents in Gallup's poll say there's more crime now than last year.
The perception of the seriousness of crime in the U.S.
has dropped among Republicans and Democrats, though Republicans are still more likely than Democrats to see crime as a serious problem.
Perhaps most revealing, only 30 percent of respondents said crime got worse where they live.
That's down from 56 percent last year.
Any city in America with a 50 percent increase in their officers is going to be able to have some kind of impact on public safety.
That's not the fiscal reality.
And I also don't think that's the long-term reality for these federal deployments.
It's more of a short-term strategy, a shock and awe, if you will.