JB Pritzker Accuses ICE of ‘Harassing People for Not Being White’ Amid Chicago Immigration Crackdown

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker slammed the Trump administration and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for the agency’s presence in Chicago.

Over the weekend, federal troops descended on the city at the request of President Donald Trump. Similar to the crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., the troops have been spotted downtown around a number of city landmarks.

On Monday, Pritzker held a press conference criticizing Trump’s decision to send troops to the city. He also accused them of “harassing people for not being white.” He continued:

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem and Tom Homan said they were targeting the worst of the worst criminals. They lied and they continue to lie. Sixty percent of the individuals that ICE has taken in Illinois this year have no criminal convictions of any kind. ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace. That’s not making America great.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters — when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents march down busy streets, harassing civilians and demanding their “papers,” what would we say? I don’t think we’d have any trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism. So, let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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