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Preckwinkle issues executive order to create 'ICE-free zones' in Cook County
The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 16, 2025 | Violet Miller

Posted on 10/16/2025 9:44:26 PM PDT by PBRCat

Cook County will now prohibit the use of county owned property, resources, and personnel for civil immigration enforcement.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the executive order is yet another move to safeguard against federal immigration enforcement she said has “instilled fear rather than promote fairness and justice.”

Agents have been prohibited from using county facilities and personnel time for ICE investigations without a criminal warrant since an ordinance was put in place in 2011.

“It is critical that the government’s interactions with the public adhere to our nation’s laws and values,” Preckwinkle said in a statement Thursday. “Yet, ICE’s increasingly aggressive, inhumane and unlawful actions continue undermining the safety and stability of our communities. We will do everything we can to ensure all residents receive fair treatment and our communities are safe from harassment and intimidation.”

The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection all did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It’s the latest local effort to establish “ICE-free zones.” The Chief Judge of Cook County barred civil arrests at Cook County courthouses and Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order making it so that city property — including parking lots next to Chicago public schools, libraries, parks and city buildings — cannot be used by federal agents as staging areas.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: akata; akatanexttuesday; akatastooge; aliens; crime; democratstooge; domesticenemies; ice; icefreezones; illegals; illinois; insurrection; obstruction; peckwrinkle; prickwinkle; rebellion; sabotage; subversion; tonipreckwinkle; violetmiller
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Illinois was formerly "the Land of Lincoln." Now, it is led by radical Leftists who are prepared to secede from the Union after losing the 2024 Presidential Election.

The woke Democrats are in league with Antifa and the Marxists.

1 posted on 10/16/2025 9:44:26 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

“Sanctuary” deja vu all over again.


2 posted on 10/16/2025 9:45:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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To: PBRCat
An akata nuffin

She dindu nuffin.

3 posted on 10/16/2025 9:47:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: PBRCat

Winkle... I misread as wrinkle.


4 posted on 10/16/2025 9:52:07 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And now Evanston has gone rogue too.
We lived in Evanston when the kids were in grade school. Lovely town with apparently sane people. Kids got a great education.

And now it’s gone crazy:

‘Earlier this week, the Evanston City Council unanimously adopted a resolution barring federal immigration agencies from using city property, expanding on its existing sanctuary city laws and similarly looking into signage and enforcement methods, though the latter has yet to be set into law. The resolution directs city staff to identify potentially vulnerable city properties and close them off with physical barriers, such as gates and locks, when possible.”


5 posted on 10/16/2025 9:57:08 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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To: Darksheare

I misread as “prickwanker”.


6 posted on 10/16/2025 9:57:39 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: PBRCat

““It is critical that the government’s interactions with the public adhere to our nation’s laws and values,” “

Except when it adheres to the nation’s laws and values.


7 posted on 10/16/2025 10:14:02 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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To: PBRCat

attempts to supersede the federal government like this
should wind up with folks in prison


8 posted on 10/16/2025 10:24:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegence to the flag of te USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: PBRCat

How much are the cartels paying the demonrats to commit treason?!


9 posted on 10/16/2025 10:27:55 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: PBRCat

How much are the cartels paying the demonrats to commit treason?!


10 posted on 10/16/2025 10:27:55 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: PBRCat

I don’t think a state can prevent the federal government from enforcing federal law, as long as the law is Constitutional.

At least to me, that gives ground for the feds to arrest the Governor and any judge that stands in that way.


11 posted on 10/16/2025 10:31:26 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
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The second they tried to enforce this, it’d be struck down. Same with Newsom’s anti-mask law. It’s all pathetic grandstanding.


12 posted on 10/16/2025 10:36:20 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: PBRCat

Bondi needs to start Grand Jury proceedings against all of these people.

L


13 posted on 10/16/2025 10:39:56 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.l)
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To: lightman

Yeah, I can see that one as well.


14 posted on 10/16/2025 10:42:51 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Veto!

It isn’t the people of Evanston, It’s the socialist snakes who have been hiding in leadership. All of this is serving to smoke them out of their holes. Be glad. The enemy is much easier to deal with once drawn into the open.


15 posted on 10/16/2025 11:03:01 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Jonty30

“I don’t think a state can prevent the federal government from enforcing federal law, as long as the law is Constitutional.”

I agree. These orders are an attack on the federal government who has jurisdiction in every state for enforcing federal laws.

So who’s going to enforce these orders against federal troops?

Are we going to end up with local police fighting the national guard or army?


16 posted on 10/16/2025 11:48:29 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: kiryandil
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17 posted on 10/17/2025 12:14:32 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: lightman

😂😂😂😂


18 posted on 10/17/2025 12:53:43 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Is it me or are the dems repeating the beginings of the civil war declaring the federal government is not welcome in thier state?

we'll take care of ourselves and our slaves- ie illegals.

are we going to need a 2 country solution?

Can a divided United States survive?

Don't take the bait. STAY CALM . the fact of the matter is, this is smaller news than it appears. There are more people who support ICE than support illegal immigrants.

19 posted on 10/17/2025 2:11:12 AM PDT by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: Ikeon

In a word, Sedition.


20 posted on 10/17/2025 3:02:22 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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