SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker believes this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision is allowing White House Border Czar Tom Homan and ICE to racially profile people in Chicago, but the Trump administration said they are committed to getting criminals off the street.
President Donald Trump is apparently stopping his plans to bring the National Guard into Chicago, but the Department of Homeland Security is still moving forward with Operation Midway Blitz.
Pritzker is concerned that the Trump administration is attacking Latino communities across the country and causing chaos in Illinois. The governor is furious that ICE is now stationed outside of courthouses in an attempt to detain people while they are seeking asylum through the legal process.
"The world is upside down when this is what Donald Trump is promoting," Pritzker said. "ICE is sitting outside of courthouses that people are showing up to voluntarily. These are not people running away from authority. These are people seeking authority to stay in this country."
Homan said ICE agents are not racially profiling anyone in Chicago. He argued that his agents are very well-trained and do their job with integrity.
"We got more resources in Chicago again. The president wants to make Chicago safe," Homan said. "Again, nothing has changed. We're still prioritizing public safety threats and national security threats. It's just we're sending more resources to sanctuary cities. President Trump said on day one we're going to prioritize sanctuary cities."
Still, Pritzker said people are afraid to come out of their homes to go shopping and take their kids to school because they have mixed-status families.
"Donald Trump likes to talk about immigrants as criminals," Pritzker said. "These are not criminals. These are people who are genuinely here in this country, holding down jobs. They've been here 10, 20, 30 years raising families here, paying taxes and following the law."Â
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