Mayor Lightfoot Introduces Plan To Eliminate Welcoming City Exemptions

Chicago IL

16 December, 2020

2:53 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot followed through on a campaign promise on Wednesday by introducing a plan to eliminate exemptions in Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance, which allow police officers to cooperate with federal immigration agents in certain cases. During budget negotiations earlier this year, Lightfoot angered many Latino aldermen when she tried to link the proposed changes to her 2021 spending plan in order to gain their support. She ultimately agreed to remove the Welcoming City Ordinance changes from her budget plan and introduce the measure on its own at Wednesday's City Council meeting. Read more at CBS Chicago