Posted on 01/16/2025 10:33:53 AM PST by george76
Ald. Ray Lopez of the 15th ward and Ald. Jessica Tabares of the 26th ward first introduced the measure in 2023..
The Chicago city council on Wednesday blocked a proposal that would have allowed local law enforcement to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain migrants with a criminal record.
Chicago’s "welcoming city" ordinance, in compliance with the 2017 Illinois Trust Act, prohibits local law enforcement from participating in federal immigration enforcement.
Ald Ray Lopez and Silvana Tabares wanted to change the ordinance to enable police to cooperate with ICE to target migrants who had been arrested for gang or drug-related activities or sexual crimes involving minors. Their measure received backlash from activist groups when they first introduced the measure in 2023.
The two officials saw their proposed amendment get struck down by a 39-11 vote.
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Trump’s border czar pick, Tom Homan, pledged to go after Chicago with strict enforcement, vowing to verify the status of asylum seekers and arrest anyone providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants.
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“The two officials saw their proposed amendment get struck down by a 39-11 vote.”
They haven’t been punished enough yet.
Dems: “No one is above the law except criminal illegal alien gangsters, illegal aliens in general, BLM rioters, CHAZ secessionists, and leftist protesters in general.”
No federal funds to cities harboring
Now the voting citizens know who to throw out
Aiding and abetting a felony. Cool.
No more federal funds for the city effective 1/20, noon. Starve them of their lifeblood and they will come around soon enough.
I’d suggest that Homan arrest Sheriff Dart and charge him with concealing and harboring illegal aliens in the Cook County jail.
Just for laughs.
L
“When will they ever learn?🎶
When will they ever learn?”🎶
That’d be a really awkward headline.
Better: start grabbing people for deportation in cooperative Red states, causing illegals to flee to Blue areas, until the Democrat zones are overwhelmed to the point where their own people turn on them.
Use Cloward-Piven techniques on THEM for a change.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy
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