Illinois Politico Playbook: Sanctuary showdown looms
“We’re preparing to face what we think will be unprecedented attacks on American communities and families,” Lawrence Benito, executive director at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, told Playbook.”
Borderless Magazine/Block Club Chicago: Sensitive Migrant Data Mishandled, Former Chicago Shelter Contractors Allege
Chicago Sun-Times: Rogers Park resident donates handmade hats to asylum-seekers: ‘If I have the opportunity to help, I should’
The Chicago Tribune: US Senate inquiry into Chicago’s housing of migrants at airports likely to heat up after Republican election wins (share link)
The Chicago Tribune: Despite large influx, migrant shelters in Chicago see few DCFS investigations (share link)
National News
The New York Times/The Morning: Donald Trump’s Immigration Plans (share link)
The Guardian: Sanctuary cities respond to Trump deportation plans: ‘We’re preparing to defend our communities’
“Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, an alderman on Chicago’s city council, said a local training in mid-November drew nearly 600 people – six times as many as the first training in 2017. The group is also getting started earlier. “Trump is promising massive deportations on day one, and we’re preparing to defend our communities on day one,” he said.”
NBC News: Democratic-controlled cities are finalizing plans to oppose mass deportation
“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city “will not bend or break” to harsh immigration policies. “Our values will remain strong and firm,” he told reporters after the election. “We will face likely hurdles in our work over the next four years, but we will not be stopped and we certainly will not go back.”