Immigration Unit Added To Cook County Public Defender's Office

Chicago IL

21 January, 2021

4:30 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Public Defender Amy Campanelli said one of the most crucial things immigrants need in the justice system is a right to counsel. "It is really horrific in this day and age that you can be detained, your liberty can be taken, you can then be removed from the country all without the right to counsel. You may not speak the language," said Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli. "There's a prosecutor there. There's a judge there. But nobody there to represent you," Read more at CBS Chicago