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Aldermen Back Plan To Eliminate Exemptions To Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance
CBS Chicago 1/19/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) A newly formed City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights has backed a proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot to expand protections for undocumented immigrants, by prohibiting Chicago police from cooperating with federal immigration agents.
The measure advanced by a unanimous committee vote on Tuesday would eliminate exemptions in Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which allowed officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in certain limited circumstances.
Under the current version of the Welcoming City Ordinance, Chicago Police officers are allowed to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if the name of a person in CPD custody appears in the city’s gang database, if they have a prior felony conviction or pending felony case, or if they have an outstanding crimina