Two years ago, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot finally got around to honoring her campaign promise to prevent Chicago police officers from working with immigration agents by eliminating so-called “carve-outs” in the city’s Welcoming City ordinance.
to house more than 300 migrants wants to restore those exceptions. Doing so would allow police to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in certain circumstances to stop what Ald. Ray Lopez calls "lawlessness" outside migrant shelters.meeting.
"As we see more and more criminal activity and more and more anger building up in the neighborhoods for a lack of action, I think we’ll see more people joining in on it," Lopez said. In late July, during a 3 1⁄2-hour hearing, Council members decried the "lawlessness" — including drinking, sex-trafficking, drug-dealing, narcotic use and gang recruitment — occurring outside Chicago’s migrant shelters. They demanded a crackdown before the behavior led to violence.
"Symbolism has a real impact, because the symbolism of being a welcoming city is what brought this humanitarian crisis to our doorstep," he said. "We need to show that we are willing to be compassionate, but with parameters." "We are essentially welcoming criminals to our city. … If you are an illegal immigrant and a convicted felon or a fugitive, what better place to go than Chicago?" Ald. Anthony Napolitano said that day.
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