Fox News: Chicago blocks proposal that'd allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants

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Chicago blocks proposal that'd allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants

Two Chicago officials who wanted to allow police to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target migrants with a criminal record, saw their measure get struck down on Wednesday.......                    ...                        ...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 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for gang or drug-related activities or sexual crimes involving minors. Their measure received backlash from activist groups when You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......The two officials You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginget struck down by a 39-11 vote.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Before Chicago officials voted down the proposed amendment, Jordan Kelly, a member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and resident of 30th ward, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login proposed amendment......."Self-hating cowards such as Ray Lopez and Tabares want to turn our city into a hell for migrants who are not only Latin, by the way. CAIR Chicago has 40-50 open asylum cases currently. What do we tell these people and families if we don't remain a sanctuary? Plus, our economy cannot handle mass deportations," Kelly said. ......Immigration has been heated issue in the Windy City as officials have had to grapple with a surge of migrants over the past several years. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login are frustrated with city officials, particularly Mayor Brandon Johnson and his handling of the situation. ......One resident who spoke at the city council meeting on Wednesday slammed Johnson......"Who are you loyal to? The American citizens in Chicago or the illegal immigrants in Chicago?," the man said. "The sanctuary law that Brandon Johnson allowed has brought criminals, drug dealers, and now terrorists." ......The vote to block the measure came after Johnson last week You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ahead of President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that if ICE should enter city property to "contact your agency or department's designated attorney or general counsel for further guidance. Contact the highest ranking official or designated supervisor onsite and do not take any action until that person arrives." ......The guidance advises officials to demand copies of warrants, not to consent to ICE entering "any private or 'sensitive' locations," but not to interfere with any search, even if refused. There are other recommendations, like taking notes and keeping contemporaneous written records.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In response to the mayor's guidelines, Lopez said Johnson is making an "extraordinary effort" to stop his proposal of removing migrants with a criminal record. ......"I am surprised, actually, that the mayor is going through this extraordinary effort to try and stop what Ald. Tabares and I want to do, which is to remove the small number of individuals who choose to commit crimes in the City of Chicago," Lopez You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginFOX 32 Chicago. "The narrative out there by the mayor and his allies is that we're trying to remove everyone—that's simply not the case." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 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. ......The incoming border czar also warned that Johnson would be prosecuted should he obstruct You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......Lopez nor Tabares did not immediately respond to a request for comment....

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