A day after President Donald Trump directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker hammered the idea as “ill-conceived.”
Pritzker, who spoke out against Trump’s immigration policies during a Thursday hearing on Capitol Hill, said he was aware of the new order, which had been announced by Trump in a TruthSocial post on Sunday night.
He said that ICE’s actions have been targeting the wrong individuals, and that he’s aware that more agents will be arriving in the city.
“We do know ICE is coming once again in force to cities across the country, so we expect to see them in Chicago. I don’t know exactly how big the force will be, but I do know he has used other law enforcement along with ICE to carry out his ill-conceived mission to go after people who frankly are paying taxes and they’re law-abiding and they’ve been here for many, many years,” he said.
Despite claims by the Trump administration, enforcement operations have not been focused on those with criminal records. According to data obtained by NBC News, of the more than 51,000 migrants currently in ICE detention, less than 30% had criminal convictions on their records. Roughly half of the individuals deported by the U.S. in the month of February had no criminal charges or convictions, and more than half of individuals currently detained in the U.S. have not been charged or convicted with a crime.
Being in the United States without legal status is a civil infraction, not a criminal one, according to the American Immigration Council.
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