The proposed rollback, widely condemned by legal experts and immigrant rights advocates, had the potential to violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure. It also threatened to disproportionately harm Black and brown communities by increasing racial profiling and over-policing.
With the Trump administration preparing to ramp up deportations, the alders’ vote sends a clear message: Chicago will not be complicit in federal anti-immigrant crackdowns.
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