When my family and I were driving back from Chicago, a vote of the city council was revealed that perfectly captured the hypocrisy and politics surrounding undocumented migrants in major cities. The council voted down an effort to allow voters to decide on whether Chicago should remain a sanctuary city. The measure was defeated 16-31.
During our visit, there were distribution areas of undocumented families near my mother’s house on the Northside. There were also a large number of tents now near the park for the burgeoning homeless population.
What is striking about the vote is the contrast to the prior adoption of sanctuary city measures. Starting under Mayor Harold Washington, the city council was eager to vote on measures heralding its status as a sanctuary city and calling on migrants to come to the city. Mayor Rahm Emanuel reaffirmed Chicago’s status as a haven for immigrants fearing deportation and encouraged them to view Chicago as a protected zone: “You are safe in Chicago. You are secure in Chicago. And you are supported in Chicago. This is a city of inclusion.”
It was a major article of faith on the left to pass legislation (as the city did) to obstruct federal deportation efforts while declaring the city open for migrants. Such virtue signaling was wildly popular. Then migrants started to show up in large numbers.
While the city has only received a small percentage of the migrants as opposed to smaller cities along the border, Mayor Brandon Johnson (who also once proclaimed his own pro-immigrant stance) is denouncing both the Texas and federal governments for increasing numbers of migrants in Chicago. In the meantime, protests are growing over migrant camps and construction plans.
This puts liberal politicians in a bind. They do not want to take the heat by rescinding years of sanctuary city policies while not ticking off voters who are upset with the rising costs and impact on the city.
The solution was to block any effort to give the citizens a chance to voice their view of these policies in defeating the resolution of Alderman Anthony Beale (9th) and Raymond Lopez (15th).
Notably, much of the protests have come from traditionally black precincts where locals are fed up with the increasingly crowded conditions for schools and diversion of resources. Yet, eight alderman for those precincts voted to kill the proposal.
It appears that consulting the voters was not a good option for these politicians. Democracy is only useful for certain tasks, particularly when the outcome is likely to be a rejection of long-held policies. Polls indicate that the majority of Chicagoans oppose the sanctuary city policies. Nationally, some polls show 80 percent of voters oppose sanctuary city policies.
In one controversy on an earlier vote, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s floor leader, Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) was accused of physically blocking West Side Alderman Emma Mitts (37th) from entering Council chambers in an effort to prevent a quorum of alderpeople needed to vote on the resolution. He was also accused of threatening members who supported the effort to let the voter decide. He later resigned as floor leader.
While Johnson opposed the measure, he has publicly decried the cost for caring for migrants. He wants to stay technically a sanctuary city without offering quite so much sanctuary.
Johnson blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “reckless” and “dangerous” decision to send buses of migrants to Chicago despite the city proclaiming for years that it was open for migrants to come and would refuse to assist the federal government in deportation efforts.
In the meantime, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has opened up 230 hotel rooms for migrants as local citizens demand a change in state and city policies. Given the anger of such residents, the city council has found a solution: just don’t let them vote. It appears something of a trend around the country.
Cook county ( AKA: crook county) is run by the corrupt unions, namely the teacher’s union. They LOVE the illegals, more illegals means more union money from the taxpayers…
Chicagoans are getting what they voted for all of these decades. Democrats used black grievance politics to drum up public support by scaring vulnerable communities, elevating hand-picked party loyalists to serve the interests of the party’s donors, and to maintain and grow the party of government’s power.
Black leaders have one job: collect donations from unionized government employees, keep the welfare programs running, and expanding, if possible, and get 110% of the black vote. accomplish one goal: deliver the precinct to Democrats, no matter what the people say, or do. In return for 95% of the black vote, a couple of seats in the US Congress, a share of the votes on City Council, the Mayor’s office, Police Department, and billions upon billions of dollars to buy votes.
The self-proclaimed ‘saviors of “Our Democracy” continue using tricks from Alinsky’s Playbook for Radicals, established the Censorship Industrial Complex, and are now deploying military-grade sophisticated intelligence psy-ops tools to mold domestic public opinion, including political issues, in favor of Democrats. Democrats in good standing with the establishment get protected, while Republicans, and other non-faithful, are targeted for non-stop harassment, and vilification.
Everyone should notice that all the border cities and border states that have been crushed by the demoncrat illegal influxes ARE NEVER SHOWN TO US ON ANY NATIONAL TV MEDIA NETWORK.
I have no idea how that much pain and local sickness is covered up so thoroughly, but it does point to the idea that we will be destroyed before we know it as a nation.
We never get anything except imagine the burden they are under.
But if it is the demoncrats or the elite:
Remember marthas vineyard had a mental breakdown over 54 immigrants, called in the national guard, screamed aloud we have no place for these people, deported them overnight to a military base, and probably took 20 showers a week for the next month.
I was surprised. I was completely disappointed. One of the wealthiest filthy rich areas we know of and they couldn’t get together and put the people up and pay them for even fake jobs for a year or set them up for success. Just total hatred and panic and immediately DEPORTING THEM FROM THE NIMBY PALACES. It was very, very eye opening. Once you see something like that you can never support the illegal aliens forever policy. NO WAY. Our richest, most well connected, super elite social butterflies could not handle it at all. It was immediate fear and loathing.
The acronym needs to be updated… From NIMBY to NIMFY, because it’s our front yards these folks are “camping” in…
Y2K Ted Kennedy the demoncrat drunken murderer pushed through the 1965 Hart Cellar Act and now only 58 years later the USA is almost destroyed and people await the collapse, the revolution, or the civil war. The traditions, history, and one of the two major parties and anything not woke is under attack and many claim the war has already started calling it 5th generation warfare.
What the traitor did was move immigration from white capable european additions that made gains for the USA admitting them, to 3rd world dark skinned loser criminals who would bring down the nation, and PROMISED and SWORE it would never change the racial make up of the USA, lying through his teeth like the rest of the demoncrats did and do today about everything under the sun.
Well, they are now counting the few years left the White Christian USA has before the hate whitey equity hordes completely destroy the place and gain RACIAL DOMINANCE save the few gated communities with gun toting guards that will no doubt remain to make certain those demoncrats who did this have their safe living spaces away from their own policies, like they do right now.
Except now, the chief “leader” of the USA Corporation is calling explicitly for whites to be the minority, “the absolute minority”. Of course, he can barely read a cue card correctly, and no idea where he is most of the time.
@Turley,
What, Brandon wants money from Brandon so that they can afford the illegals?
He’s afraid of the vote, even though he got elected via strong armed tactics of the Teacher’s Union …
We see them on the streets every day.
Brandon’s anti-crime, anti-business policies aren’t working and the blacks are feeling the pinch.
Too bad we can’t recall Brandon (The mayor) nor impeach Brandon (The Big guy) soon enough.
I bet your mom’s going to vote for Trump and then lie to you about it.
Now wouldn’t that be a hoot. Trump winning IL?
If that happens, I’d die laughing my arse off.
-G
(Yes I am unfortunately a Chicago resident.)
As several have noted – the US has had mass immigration in the past.
Then as now it was vastly unpopular. Ultimately resulting in draconian immigration laws that lasted 50 years.
The claims that today’s immigrants are looking to sponge off the public is as stupid as the claim a century ago.
But there are some differences between current and past immigrants – and some similarities.
Mostly current immigrants are deeply catholic – like past irish and italian immigrants.
A significant portion of current immigrants are from Venezuela – a failed socialist state.
Venezuelan immigrants are going to strongly resemble Cuban immigrants from the 50’s and 60’s.
Venezualan immigrants come from what two decades ago was the wealthiest country in south american.
These are again likely to be stongly anti-socialist, strongly catholic and they are likely to have a strong work ethic, be overall higher skill than we are typically used to, and they are going to fit into the American culture fairly rapidly.
But Venezuellan immigrants are the largest single group – they are not all of the immigrants.
Many are coming from failed countries in central america – these will more strongly resemble mexican immigrants 40 years ago. Low skill with a longer time to intergrate as a consequence.
Contra the left – Venezuelans in particular but even central americans are NOT coming from countries with incredibly high probability of gang violence. Today that is primarily Mexico which is in a bizare position – the standard of living in Mexico has risen dramatically and there is virtually no mexico to US immigration as a result. While at the same time the Mexican government has substantially been captured by Drug cartells.
Mexico – which is NOT where we are seeing large numbers of immigrants come from -= is the place where there is a realistic fear of gang violence.
TGhere are other south and central american countries where atleast in some places the rule of law has broken down – such as Brazille – but these are mostly NOT the palces that we are seeing lagre influxes of immigrants.
Also unusal today – and somewhat dangerous is that a significant portion of the southern border immigrants are from outside the western hemisphere. Crossing the southern border is so easy that people are traveling to central and south american and then crossing our southern border,
Further since no one crosses the border without paying cartels – cartel revenue from illegal immigrants exceeds drug revenue.
We are seeing a huge spike in human trafficking as a result. And because access to the border is controlled by Cartels, we are seeing high incidences of sexual abuse of men women and children crossing the border. That is independent of those trafficked into sex trade.
We are also seeing the cartels sending gang members across into our cities as foot soldiers in the drug trade as well as to manage human traficking operations.
Basically we have created a perfect storm for an abusive and destructive system.
Illegal aliens ARE SPONGING OFF THE PUBLIC – what is wrong with your eyes, cnn?
Yes, many are coming SPECIFICALLY b/c they “were promised benefits”…
@John Say
Which period did you mean?
I mean we can go back in History to understand why Boston is heavily Irish and NYC Protestant.
We can look at other periods but also consider that the over all population density was much lower.
And also that those who came in, came in legally. (Mostly) E.g. The Irish Catholics came in to NYC got booted but then came back in thru Boston.
(Legal)
The other thing… w past immigration, you had assimilation. Today, not so much.
Also big difference… the immigrants of past didn’t expect handouts.
John Say: “Basically the Democrats have created an abusive and destructive system.” There, fixed it for you. You’re welcome.
Your compassion is nice but it’s misplaced. Most Americans from all backgrounds appreciate immigration, understand how new immigrants help our country, and the overwhelming number of Americans are extremely tolerant of immigration. That goodwill has been abused to the point where our patience has ended, and we demand a complete freeze of legal immigration, and now demand the reversal of the mass immigration over the past few years. Democrats are looking at the numbers and they determined they don’t need 95% of the black vote to win elections when they can make up the difference by importing more voters who are dependent on the government. Black who vote Democrat out of nostalgia are useful idiots. Other minority factions of the Democrats should be weary of the support they get from the party of government. Women who vote Democrat because they are “pro-choice” will be jettisoned with the Democrats realize they need to encourage childbirth because of falling population growth, the only choice the party of government will give you is boy or a girl.
GOP Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is launching an investigation into liberal media outlet Media Matters for America.
Bailey accused the media company of soliciting donations using “fraud” amid their “efforts to target X,” the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Musk previously filed suit against Media Matters.
“We have reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to trick advertisers into pulling out of X, the last platform dedicated to free speech in America,” Bailey announced this week. “Radicals are attempting to kill Twitter because they cannot control it, and we are not going to let Missourians get ripped off in the process.”
Bailey previously said he was “looking into” a potential probe of Media Matters.
The complaint accuses Media Matters violating Missouri’s consumer protection laws with a report claiming advertisements were running on X next to antisemitic posts.
The report led to a lawsuit from Musk. The company is claiming they have no proof of what Media Matters wrote and accused the company of manipulation and defamation.
The media company, which Musk has called “pure evil,” is standing by its report. They filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against an investigation from another attorney general, Texas AG Ken Paxton.
https://themessenger.com/politics/missouri-attorney-general-media-matters-investigation-elon-musk-lawsuit
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Key point from the above article:
I, Svelaz, did not have sex with those little boys. They said they were girls, they changed their pronouns, and their cute little 🍆 were too delicious to ignore. I cant help it, Mama, “I like boys!”
REGARDING ABOVE:
This was posted by Tom/Estovir, a repressed homosexual who imagines every man is gay.
Wrong again, dumbass. Idk who this funny guy is, but you, the turdrunner coward who won’t use his handle, need to go study the difference between a homosexual and a pedophile. You been told.
What a sad sad life. Its bad enough you feel some need to come here every evening and post your Politico/Vox/Guardian/Teen Vogue nonsense that NO ONE reads, but this incessant longing to make sure everyone knows who posted what. Made especially weird since ostensibly you are talking to the person you identify everyone as. Kinda looks like you dont believe it yourself.
Conclusion…you’re a deluded kunt
From 2010:
The Reagan Amnesty
And Refusal Of Republicans To Do Another
As the nation’s attention turns back to the fractured debate over immigration, it might be helpful to remember that in 1986, Ronald Reagan signed a sweeping immigration reform bill into law. It was sold as a crackdown: There would be tighter security at the Mexican border, and employers would face strict penalties for hiring undocumented workers.
But the bill also made any immigrant who’d entered the country before 1982 eligible for amnesty — a word not usually associated with the father of modern conservatism.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128303672
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KEY PASSAGE FROM ARTICLE:
“The bill also made any immigrant who’d entered the country before 1982 eligible for amnesty”.
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1982 was almost 42 years ago. Since then, millions of migrants have entered the country and never left.
A large ratio of those migrants married U.S. citizens and raised children who are U.S. citizens. Many started businesses, bought homes and became respected members of their communities.
In deference to these legacy migrants, cities like Chicsgo declared themselves ‘sanctuary cities’. They adopted that status to prevent the break-up of families that could result from forced deportations.
The fear was that a minor traffic offense could reveal someone’s lack of citizenship. And though that person has been in the country for decades, they might suddenly be deported; leaving their family broken and dependent on public assistance.
But here, Johnathan Turley, an alleged academic, tries to twist the whole concept of sanctuary cities. Turley would have us believe these cities advertise themselves as destinations for illegal migrants.
The truth is Republicans have no constructive plan to normalize the undocumented millions who have long been in this country. Republicans would deport people in their 60’s who have been here 40 years.
Why should the republicans normalize them? How is that fair to all the others that did the right thing and waited in line. Democrats are hypocrites, just like yourself, for supporting illegals to come in, and encouraging them, without understanding consequences. You are also hypocrites for supporting sanctuary city status until it doesn’t suit your needs. But hey we can’t let the people decide when we know better. Idiots.
He likes boys which is why he is salivating about the fresh meat arriving across the border.
Turley would have us believe these cities advertise themselves as destinations for illegal migrants.
And you would have us believe sanctuary cities were not working overtime to subvert ICE from serving legitimate warrants on illegals under criminal investigations. Because that is what the sanctuary cities have devolved into. Protecting the criminal element.
AND SURPISE! people respond to incentives. If the police, prosecutors of sanctuary cities are not going to charge and prosecute crimes Criminals are going to be drawn into those cities and prey on the law abiding.
Just like I have ZERO sympathy for Palistine, when they are the source of such hate and brutality against Jews, I have no sympathy for illegals getting deported.
I’m reminded by a friend of this classic line: “Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people and elected another?” Bertolt Brecht.
Odd, it takes an East German satirist who was harangued during the House Un-American Activities Committee to put this in perspective.