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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING ALL MUNICIPALITIES TO PASS LEGISLATION TO BAN ICE FROM GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security announced the unprecedented Operation "Midway Blitz", which began the ongoing militarized immigration enforcement by ICE in and around the City of Chicago without proper due process for the hundreds of those detained; and
WHEREAS, in October 2025, as part of Operation "Midway Blitz" the Trump Administration took unparalleled actions and deployed hundreds of National Guard troops, including 300 from Illinois and 400 from Texas, for an initial period of two months; and
WHEREAS,on October 16, 2025, following these unprecedented attacks from ICE upon communities across Cook County and the unauthorized use of County resources, property, or personnel to facilitate civil immigration enforcement actions, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle signed Executive Order #2025-1; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order #2025-1 prohibits the use of County owned property, resources, and personnel for civil immigration enforcement activities and prevents ICE from using County owned property and resources for civil immigration enforcement actions including staging and debriefing from operations; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2025, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson singed Executive Order No. 2025-8, "Prohibiting the Use of City Parking Lots, Vacant Lots, and Garages for Civil Immigration Enforcement Staging Areas, Processing Locations, or Operations Bases"; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 2025-8 created clear mechanisms to prohibit federal immigration agents from using any City-owned property in their ongoing operations in Chicago and directsCity employees immediately report any attempted use of City property for immigration enforcement; and
WHEREAS, on October 14, 2025, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued General Administrative Order No. 2025-10, "Common Law Privilege Against Civi...
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