Chicago PD says it ‘is not going to help’ with upcoming ICE deportations

The Chicago Police Division mentioned Monday it is not going to help with looming deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) throughout the Windy Metropolis, as President Trump vows to impose sweeping border safety insurance policies throughout the nation.

President Trump made his return to the White Home on Monday, and through his inauguration, laid out plans to sort out points surrounding unlawful immigration and a weakened border.

“First, I’ll declare a nationwide emergency at our southern border. All unlawful entry will instantly be halted, and we are going to start the method of returning tens of millions and tens of millions of felony aliens again to the locations from which they got here,” Trump mentioned, including that he’ll finish catch and launch and ship troops to the southern border to repel what he known as the “disastrous invasion of our nation. “By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I’ll direct our authorities to make use of the complete and immense energy of federal and state legislation enforcement to get rid of the presence of all overseas gangs and felony networks, bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, together with our cities and interior cities.”

However regardless of President Trump’s vow to take away harmful unlawful immigrants and ship them again to their nations, Chicago officers took a vow of their very own to not comply.

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Chicago police mentioned the municipal code contains laws that stops them from helping federal immigration authorities with enforcement based mostly on immigration standing. The division additionally famous it doesn’t doc immigration standing, nor does it share the immigration standing of people with federal authorities.

Metropolis ordinance requires a supervisor to reply to the scene if an immigration company requests help with a civil immigration enforcement operation.

If the request is to help within the enforcement of civil immigration legislation, the supervisor will decline the request, however whether it is unrelated to civil immigration legislation, the supervisor could have acceptable police motion taken.

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“To be clear, the Chicago Police Division is not going to help or intervene in civil immigration enforcement in accordance with the Metropolis of Chicago Municipal Code,” the police division’s assertion learn. “As all the time, we are going to proceed to implement the legislation if against the law happens, whatever the citizenship standing of these concerned.”

The police division issued the assertion a day after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson doubled down on his vow to oppose Trump’s sweeping reform geared toward eradicating harmful unlawful immigrants accused of crimes from the U.S. when he returns to workplace.

The mayor’s workplace assured town would proceed to adjust to the 2017 Illinois Belief Act, which prohibits native legislation enforcement from taking part in federal immigration enforcement.

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“Chicago stands robust: whatever the circumstances, our dedication to defending and supporting this metropolis stays unwavering,” Johnson wrote in a social media put up. “We are going to proceed to battle for the justice and security of all who name this place house.”

Tens of 1000’s of unlawful immigrants are residing in Chicago, regardless of residents pleading with metropolis officers about how there usually are not sufficient sources to offer for them. Greater than 20,000 migrants have arrived within the metropolis since August 2022, in keeping with earlier stories from Fox 32 Chicago, and 1000’s are in shelters.

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Sheltering migrants has drawn ire from residents after it has reportedly value town $574.5 million since August 2022. At a earlier metropolis council assembly on December third, residents objected to an roughly $60 million property tax improve that was proposed to assist officers overcome a $1 billion funds shortfall by the top of final 12 months.

Fox Information Digital’s Joshua Q. Nelson contributed to this report.