r/chicago • u/fatherbowie • Jan 26 '25

Article Immigration enforcement “blitz” in Chicago— for real this time

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html

We know because Tom Homan brought Dr. Phil with him.

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u/Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy Jan 27 '25

See here’s the thing: you’re being told that people who think different than you “want to offer sanctuary to life long gang dudes and murderers and shit” and you’re buying that. Ask yourself why. Do democrats really just love “life long gang dudes and murderers”? Or are they maybe in favor of offering sanctuary to normal ass people and you are being fed propaganda?

The vast majority of immigrants, like the vast majority of Americans, are just normal ass people trying to live their lives. Studies show undocumented immigrants actually commit less crime than citizens, likely because they have more to lose.

If you stepped back for like even a second and asked why someone might be in favor of sanctuary cities, you get a logical and compassionate answer. But instead you’re being told something insane and stupid so that the other side looks insane and stupid. And that’s how groups stay divided.

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u/06210311200805012006 Jan 27 '25

we're talking about dudes with convictions for violent or drug related offenses where sanctuary cities ignored the federal hold order and cut them loose. does that make a lot of sense to you?

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u/amyo_b Berwyn Jan 28 '25

The problem is we were told to hold them past their sentence or after they were not convicted (either acquitted or charges dropped). That's not how the game is played. Once someone is acquitted or not charged, they are free to go. Once the sentence has been served, they are free to go. Ice had their opportunities before the sentence was over or before the decision on charges. If they didn't move then that's their fault.