Chicago City Council holds special meeting on city's sanctuary status

Mayor Johnson is in the nation's capital Thursday asking for additional migrant assistance as City Council members hold a special vote on Chicago's sanctuary city status. The council will decide if the city's immigration policy should be left up to voters.

If passed, voters would be able to decide if Chicago should continue to keep its designation as a sanctuary city. Mayor Harold Washington issued an executive order in 1985, designating Chicago as a sanctuary city. In 2012, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council passed the Welcoming City Ordinance. , "Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance means that the city will not ask about your immigration status, disclose that information to authorities, or, most importantly, deny you city services based on your immigration status.

The City Council will also vote on weather to add a referendum about increasing public mental health clinics and if Chicago should create flooding mitigation and response plan. Several alderpeople have already sponsored adding the sanctuary city proposition to the ballot for the presidential primary election on March, 19, 2024.

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