Chicago Will Remain a Sanctuary City, Despite Donald Trump's Threats, Mayor Brandon Johnson Says

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City officials will continue to shield all immigrants in Chicago from federal agents, regardless of whether they are citizens, permanent residents or asylum seekers, despite the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday.

In his first remarks on the outcome of the presidential race, Johnson said Chicago will not allow Chicago Police officers to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deport Chicagoans. That assistance is now prohibited by city ordinance.

“We will not bend or break,” Johnson said. “Our values will remain strong and firm. We will face likely hurdles in our work over the next four years but we will not be stopped and we will not go back.”

One of Trump’s first acts as president-elect was to name former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan as his “border czar.” Homan will be charged with leading what the official platform of the Republican Party calls the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”

https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/12/chicago-will-remain-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-s-threats-mayor-brandon-johnson-says

The future is unknown. I'm hoping being in IL helps people. I'm not so sure it will.

[ShazzieB]

1. I think living in Illinois and other blue states is going to help a lot of people.

There are no guarantees, of course, but at least immigrants in Chicago will have a fighting chance.

If TSF really tries to go through with his mass deportation plans, I think he may find he's bitten off more than he can chew. There's going to be a wide variation in the level of cooperation ICE gets from state and local officials, from rolling out the welcome mat to fierce resistance. Lawsuits will be lobbed back and forth like tennis balls, and the whole thing could get bogged down in the courts for quite a while.

All things considered, if I were an immigrant, I'd much rather be in Chicago than in a red part of Illinois, much less in a red state.