The Chicago City Council passed a new protection of illegal immigrants ordinance with a high vote on the 27th, prohibiting the city’s police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement units to arrest and deport immigrants with criminal backgrounds and no legal residency status.
With the support of Chicago Mayor Lightfoot, the City Council voted 41-8 on the 27th to pass the new protection of illegal immigrants bill.
Ward 11 Alderman Patrick Thompson, whose district includes the Chinese neighborhood of Bridgeport, said that the passage of the amendment would not affect the Aldermen’s ability to be soft on crime, but rather that the decision was made after evaluating the Chicagoland Council’s moral code of affirmation for immigrants; Ward 22 Alderman Mike Rodriquez also said that the passage of the amendment would make Chicago’s “Friendly City The 22nd Ward Alderman Mike Rodriquez also said that the passage of the amendment would make Chicago’s “Friendly City Ordinance” better.
The opposing 15th Ward Alderman Raymond Lopez said his district’s law-abiding undocumented residents do not want Chicago to protect members who commit violent crimes.
According to the new amendment, if the arrested person is in the list of Chicago gang database, or has been charged or convicted record, or carry a criminal warrant and other circumstances, Chicago police can not cooperate with the Immigration Enforcement Agency as before, which also means that illegal immigrants with previous convictions, after being arrested by the police in Chicago, will not face the disposal of transfer to ICE removal or detention.
In addition, all Chicago city agencies are prohibited from detaining people for not having legal residency status, and city agencies and personnel are prohibited from transferring these people to ICE.
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