The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson was asked to testify before the Congress Committee on the “city of the sanctuary” policies in the city.
According to a message from Representative James Commer, Chairman of the Congress Committee for Government Control and Reform, Johnson is one of the four mayors who are required to testify about policies that limit local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement procedures.
The mayors of Boston, Denver and New York municipalities were granted messages and requests similar to the committee, according to Comer.
In addition to Johnson's demand to testify before the committee on Tuesday, February 11, the committee also requested “documents and information related to the policies of resort in Chicago.”
These documents include communications between city staff, contractors and Illinois state employees related to immigration policies.
It is not known whether Johnson will appear in front of Congress, but it is expected to address the media on Tuesday along with the SUPT police. Larry Snelling regarding the enforcement efforts enhanced in the city since President Donald Trump took office last week.
Chicago approved the “Marital City Decree” in 2012, ensuring access to the city's services, regardless of the migration and prevention of the illegal population from prosecuting only because of their migration situation. Finally, the police are also prohibited from arresting individuals based on the state of immigration, and limits the circumstances in which immigration information information can be shared between local police and federal law enforcement.
The City of Haram is a city that limits its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agents in order to prevent undocumented immigrants from deportation.
He criticized Chicago to what he called “the extreme failure to comply with the Federal Immigration Law”, as these policies took the lead in the lead amid an increase in the procedures for enforcing immigration in multiple states throughout the United States
Many Trump administration officials, including the “Tsar Borders” Tom Human, in Chicago this week overseeing “improved targeted operations” inside the city, which led to many arrests throughout the region.
“Immigration and Customs application in the United States, along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, Dea, CBP and American Marshal service, began to perform improved operations targeted today in Chicago to impose the American immigration law and maintain public safety and national security through Keeping Ace said in the statement on Sunday:
Throughout the country, immigration and customs enforcement officials say that nearly 1,200 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Sunday alone, and nearly half of them were previous criminal records.
While Johnson will take the procedures on Tuesday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker thus during the appearance of CNN on Sunday morning. He promised to cooperate with federal agents who seek to detention accused or convicted of violent crimes, but he questioned the efforts made to detain non -violent individuals or those who do not have criminal records.
“They are chasing the people who adhere to the law, who have families here, who have jobs and may have been here for decades. Why do you follow them? These are not people who cause problems in our country.”
