Illinois landlords ordered to pay former tenants $80K

Illinois landlords ordered to pay former tenants $80K after threatening to call ICE
A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.
Illinois landlords fined $80,000 for threatening to report tenants to ICE
Marco Antonio Contreras and Denise Contreras were ordered to pay $80,000 to former tenants Maria Maltos Escutia and Gabriel Valdez Garcia after threatening to report them to ICE for their immigration status.
Chicago landlord ordered to pay $80k for threatening to call ICE on tenants, a first under 2019 state law
An Illinois circuit court judge ordered a Chicago landlord last month to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to call ICE on them during a verbal dispute in June of 2020, according to
Court Orders Landlord to Pay $80,000 for Threatening to Call ICE on Tenant
An Illinois circuit court judge awarded more than $80,000 in a case brought by a Chicago couple who sued their landlords under the state’s Immigrant Tenant Protection Act (ITPA). The case, filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the first to reach a judgment under the 2019 law,
Chicago landlord ordered to pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenant, a first under 2019 state law
A judge ordered a Chicago landlord last month to pay $80,000 to former tenants after the landlord threatened to call ICE on them during a verbal dispute in June 2020, according to court documents. The case is the first to reach a judgment under the state’s 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act,
Immigrant couple to get $80,000 in damages from former landlords who threatened to call ICE
A judge found that a pair of Chicago landlords violated Illinois state law when they threatened to call federal immigration authorities on former tenants.
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