CHICAGO (WLS) -- Legal advocates want ICE to stop making arrests outside Cook County courthouses.

They said it's hurting families, especially in domestic violence situations.

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Legal advocates spoke Wednesday morning sharing what they called chilling impacts of ICE arrests near Cook County Courthouses since Operation Midway Blitz began.

The Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender and the MacArthur Justice Center are petitioning the Chief Judge of Cook County Timothy Evans to prohibit arrests in and around courthouses without a warrant.

This includes public entryways, driveways, sidewalks, parking areas, and close transportation points.

Social and legal services organizations submitted the petition after many of their client

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