Thread: Chicago Mayor Battles Trump, Pledges $1M Legal Fund For Illegal Immigrants

Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues to resist Trump’s immigration proposals. On Friday, he announced that the city would set up a legal protection fund to support immigrants and refugees at risk of deportation.

Emanuel cited popular “anxiety and uncertainty” after Trump’s election victory as the impetus for the creation of the fund. The fund is designed to provide immigrants access to legal guidance, which will help them stay in this country. Reportedly, roughly 150,000 Chicago residents are in the US illegally.

On the campaign trail Trump promised to cut federal funding to cities that protect immigrants from ICE agents, who are charged with deporting illegal aliens. However, the Chicago Sun Times quotes Emanuel as saying that the President will have “bigger fish to fry.” The mayor, who is a former White House chief of staff under Obama, said that Trump will be too busy – “they will make a choice that this is not the battle they want to take on.”

Following the results of the presidential election last month, a number of big city mayors, including Emanuel, vowed that they would resist Trump’s plan to deport as many as 3 million criminal illegal immigrants.


Chicago Mayor Battles Trump, Pledges $1 M Legal Fund For Illegal ...

Why doesn't Emanuel set up a fund to help the City's disadvantaged citizens? Why not use that money towards incentives for jobs? Raise money for the school system or something constructive.
I sure hope our coming administration doesn't take this and destroys this mayor!

Using the taxpayers money to set up a fund to protect criminals. This really makes since. Chances are if the illegals would be deported some of which would be Chicago gang members they would be gone. It would be a step in the right direction to help the needed cleaning up of Chicago. Unless he is getting kick backs, How would it benefit the city?