Chicago Landlord Ordered to Pay $80K

Chicago landlord must pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants
A Chicago landlord has been instructed to pay more than $80,000 to a tenant couple after he threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement on them. Marco Antonio Contreras and his wife, Denise Contreras,
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.
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
Chicago landlord to pay $80,000 for threatening to call immigration agents on tenants
A couple renting an apartment from Marco Antonio Contreras sued him in 2022 under the Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, which protects tenants from discrimination or harassment based on their immigration status.
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.
Landlord slapped with $80K punishment for immigration threat against tenant
The case against Marco Antonio Contreras was the first to reach a judgement under the Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act.
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