Cook County commissioners are calling on other county officeholders to help sound the alarm if federal immigration agents turn up at county courthouses and other public facilities, but many officials so far aren’t on board with offering that help.

The county board members made the request in a just-passed county resolution denouncing deceptive tactics from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE agents detained two people in recent weeks at Cook County domestic violence courthouses, triggering fears the incidents would have a chilling effect on victims or their families and deter them from appearing in court. Commissioners want people to know if the agents have been spotted around government buildings so they know whether to stay away.

The nonbinding resolution requested “official comm

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