He revealed his change of heart after furious residents grilled him about migrant crimes including January s brutal Times Square attack on two cops that saw most suspects freed on bail within hours.
George Blakemore, 81, told the December 14 meeting of the Chicago city council that he was against keeping the sanctuary city designation, and said Donald Trump needed to sort the city.
Jean Carlo Martinez Rivero, five, was pronounced dead at the hospital Sunday after days of being sick at the Pilsen shelter south of downtown Chicago. Volunteers saw it coming.
Jean Carlos Martinez, 5, was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital on Sunday after days of being sick at the Pilsen shelter south of downtown Chicago, where 2,300 immigrants are staying.
When the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida took advantage of the welcoming traditions provided by sanctuary cities, it was meant to get rid of an unwanted problem. More than 23,000 asylum seekers have been bused to Chicago from Texas since the beginning of the year. As the cold weather sets in, people in the nation’s third largest city are sheltering on sidewalks, at police station foyers and at the city’s airport.