The author of an amendment that would significantly change Cook County’s immigration detainer ordinance told Progress Illinois Wednesday that he doesn’t have the votes now on the 17-member Cook County Board of Commissioners to pass the amendment.
“Between five to eight commissioners support my amendment,” said Timothy Schneider, a Republican from Bartlett.
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The Cook County Board’s pension committee chairman, Bridget Gainer (D-Chicago), 
With early voting already underway, the race for Cook County Circuit
Court Clerk – an office which employs over 2,000 people and operates
with a $100 million budget – has become one of the most exciting to
watch amid continued charges of 
