
Two years ago, now former Mayor Lori Lightfoot finally got around to honoring her campaign promise to prevent Chicago police officers from working with immigration agents by eliminating so-called “carve-outs” in the city’s Welcoming City ordinance.
Now, a Southwest Side alderman who volunteered the fieldhouse in Gage Park to house more than 300 migrants wants to restore those exceptions. Getting rid of the carve-outs would allow police to cooperate with ICE in certain circumstances to stop what Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) calls “lawlessness” outside migrant shelters.