Overview
- Sheriff Dale Schmidt filed a federal defamation lawsuit Friday seeking $1 million from Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi and Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison over public claims that she was jailed after an ICE transfer.
- DHS and airport records show Naqvi entered secondary inspection at O’Hare and left to the public area in about 90 minutes, with officials saying she was never taken into ICE custody or moved to Wisconsin.
- The sheriff released a hotel folio showing Naqvi checked into a Hampton Inn near O’Hare from March 5–8, along with texts about food, gym visits, and spa payments, plus video and license‑plate data placing her voluntary trip to Wisconsin near the end of the claimed detention window.
- Booking logs from the Broadview ICE facility and the Dodge County Jail show no record of Naqvi’s detention or transfer, and Schmidt said no local criminal charges are available so he is pursuing civil damages.
- Schmidt alleges Naqvi used spoofed phone location screenshots and enlisted an acquaintance to support the story, a dispute that highlights how unverified claims can spread through politics and social media and how a public‑official defamation case turns on proof of actual malice.