CHICAGO (Thursday, February 12, 2026)--As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and a majority of the County Board signed on to a statement calling on the State’s Attorney to pursue charges against federal immigration agents who use excessive force, County Commissioner and congressional candidate Donna Miller remained silent on Thursday.

The statement, which urges the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to “act swiftly, proactively, and transparently to ensure accountability and deliver justice for the families and communities who have been harmed,” was signed Thursday by President Preckwinkle and ten of the 17 Cook County Board members, including Commissioners Tara Stamps, Jessica Vasquez, Bill Lowry, Stanley Moore, Alma Anaya, Kevin Morrison, Frank Aguilar, Josina Morita, Maggie Trevor and Kisha McCaskill. 

Miller apparently declined to add her name to the list.

“First Donna Miller took nearly $40,000 in campaign cash from MAGA donors. Now, she’s staying silent when it comes to holding ICE accountable for their violence against residents in our communities,” said State Sen. Robert Peters, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 2nd District. “The last thing we need in Congress are more Democrats whose complacency can be bought.”

This isn’t the first instance of Miller failing to hold ICE accountable or limit their power. In 2024, Miller overrode fierce objections from immigrant rights groups and voted for a million-dollar law enforcement deal that exposed Cook County residents' personal records and private data to be used for ICE's raids. Miller also took thousands of dollars from lobbyists for that same company. And Miller voted to let every county agency, including Stroger Hospital, share people’s records with ICE for them to use to hunt people down.

“From the raid on the South Shore apartment building where members of our community, including children, were treated with abuse, to the killing of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in Franklin Park, the excessive violence by federal immigration agents puts all of us in danger,” said Peters. “We need members of Congress who aren’t afraid to stand up for what’s right in the face of this injustice–not someone who will sit down and shut up.”