President Trump’s Immigration Agenda Is Gaining Support Even Among Chicago Democrats!

As deep-blue jurisdictions across the U.S. continue to reap the consequences of their “sanctuary city” policies, at least some leaders on the left are warming up to President Donald Trump’s tough approach to illegal immigration.

In Chicago, for example, Democratic aldermen are proposing a new amendment to city ordinance that would align it more closely with the incoming Trump administration.

As the Daily Caller reported:

Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares, both Democrats, filed a proposed amendment to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which calls for exceptions when a migrant has been arrested or convicted of certain criminal activities. The aldermen argued in a public statement that it’s in the best interest of the city’s immigrant community to work with the incoming Trump administration in situations where wanted illegal migrants are involved in heinous crimes.

“We believe that the best way to protect law-abiding non-citizens from the returning Trump Administration is by working with them in apprehending their priority targets: non-citizens that CHOOSE to engage in dangerous, illegal activity once they are in the United States,” Lopez said in a public statement. “Our current [Welcoming City Ordinance] prohibits any coordination or cooperation, even in the most heinous situations.”

“This policy is dangerous to those law-abiding undocumented and non-citizens residents because, if someone is arrested or convicted of crimes, the federal authorities aren’t notified,” he continued. “Should the federal government go looking for those specific individuals seeking to deport them, there is a high probability that other targets, law-abiding undocumented and non-citizen residents, may be apprehended and deported as collateral damage. That is an entirely unacceptable yet avoidable situation.”

The proposal would roll back an amendment that was made to the Welcoming City Ordinance in January 2021 which eliminated any exceptions to Chicago’s sanctuary policy. Previously, the Chicago Police Department was allowed to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if migrants had an outstanding criminal warrant, were in the city’s gang database or had been convicted of a felony or carried a pending felony charge.

Chicagoans in general have been up in arms over the migrant invasion that the city has experienced in recent years:

📺WATCH: Chicago Mayor's budget proposal blows up in his face as residents show up to city council meeting and unleash over the city's spending on illegal aliens. pic.twitter.com/w6N7vStqAi

— Federation for American Immigration Reform (@FAIRImmigration) December 19, 2024

Chicago City Council Approved $51 Million To House Illegal Migrants For 30 Days

Residents are so outraged “police had to escort people out of the city council meeting several times”

As police are removing outraged residents Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will “continue to… pic.twitter.com/7x53C4H0RM

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 23, 2024

🟨 How do you SHOW the northern liberal Cities why immigration control matters?

You bring the southern border to their front door.

It’s worked: Chicago’s mayor now hows the lowest approval rating in history at 15% after passing a $17 Billion budget that’s massively underfunded… pic.twitter.com/Z5s3xHqjON

— NewsTreason Channel 17 (@NewsTreason) December 17, 2024

Fox 32 Chicago also covered the latest move by Lopez and Tabares:

This amendment was first brought up in September of 2023 and was in response to the influx of migrants Chicago was seeing at the time.

“All the residents in Chicago, they have sacrificed services and their tax dollars to appease and accommodate migrants and their advocates and it’s time now to say that we’re not going to, you know. They shouldn’t tolerate living in an unsafe neighborhood,” said Tabares. “We should make our neighborhoods safer.”

“Our goal is to protect those that deserve our protection: law-abiding undocumented and non-citizen residents who contribute positively to our city,” Lopez and Tabares said in a statement. “This narrow amendment ensures federal authorities focus only on those engaging in dangerous, illegal activity, preserving the safety of our communities while maintaining Chicago’s immigrant-friendly legacy.”

Here’s some additional coverage of the ongoing citywide dispute on the topic: