Knock, knockHOLDING signs saying “Amnistia para Latinos!” and “My dreams are not illegal”, protesters gathered in a park on Chicago’s mostly Latino West Side on May 1st. Chris Kennedy, who is running for governor of Illinois next year, joined the crowd, as did Dick Durbin, a Democratic senator. Seeking to reassure his audience, Mr Durbin noted that a spending bill now in Congress stipulates “not one penny” for a new border wall, no new officers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which pursues illegal immigrants, and “no penalty for sanctuary cities like Chicago”.
Illegal immigrants and their defenders are both fearful and perplexed. In January Donald Trump signed an executive order for “enhancing public safety in the interior of the United States”. This threatens to pull federal funding from cities and counties that fail to help the federal government deport illegal immigrants. For a city like Chicago, which is beyond broke, that could spell disaster. But it is not at all clear how much money is at stake.
Police and mayors in some 300 cities and counties turned to sanctuary policies for pragmatic reasons....Continue reading
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