Chicago resident fires back at liberal governor's pledge to shield migrants from ICE raids

Chicago resident Cata Truss is nary excessively blessed with Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker's defence of Illinois' sanctuary policies, criticizing a pledge helium made connected Capitol Hill past week to basal successful the mode of Trump borderline czar Tom Homan by protecting amerciable immigrants who, successful his words, "don't merit to beryllium frightened successful their communities."

"We are livid," she told "Fox & Friends First" connected Tuesday. 

"And fto maine archer you something, we are not insensitive to undocumented persons here. We cognize that it is simply a struggle."

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Cata Truss and different Chicago residents are fed up with authorities and section officials implicit the spending of payer dollars connected amerciable immigrants. (Getty Images/Fox News)

"I get radical asking maine each the time, 'Do you deliberation it's incorrect for radical to privation to unrecorded the American dream?' No, it's not incorrect for radical to privation to unrecorded the American dream, but what is incorrect is for Americans present successful America to not beryllium capable to recognize the American Dream due to the fact that we person elected officials who privation to bash things with our wealth that does not payment the radical who are paying into the taxation bracket," she added.

Truss has been an outspoken professional of her metropolis and state's Democratic enactment successful airy of the migrant situation that exploded nether the Biden administration.

Even arsenic a Democrat, she sued the metropolis of Chicago implicit lodging for amerciable immigrants, calling connected the metropolis to region its sanctuary status successful January 2024 owed to the compression connected assemblage resources.

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Pritzker pledged to basal successful the mode of borderline czar Tom Homan by defending those helium says should not consciousness "threatened" successful their communities. (Scott Stephen Ball for The Washington Post)

Pritzker pledged to basal successful Homan's mode and support radical who don't merit to consciousness "threatened" oregon "terrorized" during past week's migration proceeding with bluish authorities governors connected Capitol Hill.

"I would alternatively that helium came and arrested maine than bash that to the radical of my state," helium said.

Truss has antecedently insisted that Chicago residents are unhappy with the migrant situation and that those who did not amusement up to ballot successful the 2024 predetermination were protesting antiauthoritarian policies. 

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul be a House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

"In spite of what you whitethorn perceive our politician and Gov. Pritzker accidental astir however Chicagoans consciousness and wherever we stand, we are not blessed astir what is happening here," she said earlier this year. 

"So, we're excited that President Trump is successful office. We are excited that Tom Homan and his squad is coming present to assistance america retired of this messiness that our politician and politician look to beryllium contented connected keeping america in." 

Fox News' Maria Lencki contributed to this report.