• JUL 03, 2019
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    Immigrant rights groups call on Lightfoot to block CPD from helping ICE

    Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez (33) said the threat of raids had created “an emergency” in immigrant communities and said Mayor Lori Lightfoot needs to act immediately. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
    Several immigrant rights groups gathered Tuesday at City Hall to call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to issue an executive order banning the Chicago Police Department from working with federal immigration officials as the threat by President Donald Trump to order mass deportation raids lingers.

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