The Chicago City Council canceled a vote on a resolution allowing residents to vote on the city’s sanctuary status.
The councilors canceled the vote after the black community tore into Mayor Brandon Johnson and the councilors.
Oh, it’s glorious. I guess they’re MAGA white supremacist Republicans, right, Johnson?
I guess the comments swayed the councilors to cancel the vote. The Chicago Tribune doesn’t even mention the outrage from the community.
Lauren Lawrence is one native Chicagoan who berated Johnson:
Lauren Lawrence, a woman who described herself as a Chicago native, born and raised in the city, said she witnessed a “transition as if a lot of people are not important here.””I’m not for the sanctuary city, and the reason why I’m not for the sanctuary city is because people have waited years to come in here legally,” she said. “Not just transported on these buses, dropped off in our neighborhood, raise of crime, almost got hit several times just making it down here today. And this is ludicrous. There should not be two sets of laws.””Also, the West Side and the South Side Black communities have been earmarked for having funds – never seen it. We’re still waiting those funds to come into those communities,” she continued, taking aim at the new mayor, who just assumed office in May, replacing former Mayor Lori Lighfoot.”Brandon Johnson, many people stood behind you. They feel let down, because the day you came into office, which I believe was May 15, you already had signed an executive order,” Lawrence said Thursday, referencing Johnson’s Day One order establishing a “deputy mayor for immigrant, migrant and refugee rights.”The May 15 order instructs all city department heads to take direction from the new deputy mayor “to ensure the efficacy of Chicago’s status as a welcoming and sanctuary city.””Now, whether it came from Gov.r (sic) Pritzker or whomever that directed you on this, is it fair to these communities that have been waiting for years? You said you on the West side, but you should know what’s going on over there as well,” Lawrence said. “When are you going to have our neighborhoods cleaned up? And when are we going to get the rights that we deserve?””I’m not against anyone coming in here legally. I want to say that clearly. But for those who have not, they don’t top us. They don’t go before us. We’re not last in line,” she said.
Lawrence probably brought up Pritzker because the state wanted to install temporary winter camps in Brighton Park for illegal immigrants.
The state pulled back the plans because of “the risk of containments at the former industrial site.”
Over 25,000 illegal immigrants have traveled to Chicago since August 2022.
Alderman Anthony Beale is one of the resolution’s sponsors. He criticized Johnson and the councilors for not allowing people to vote for it.
Beale said the quiet part out loud:
“Let me just say that I figured you all had something up your sleeve,” Beale, who represents Chicago’s Ninth Ward, told Johnson and fellow councilors. “What are you scared of? To let the people have a voice? What are you scared of? The truth? Are we scared of the truth here? Are we afraid that the people are going to tell us that we are spending money frivolously in this body? Are we afraid that the people are going to tell us that we are headed in the wrong direction? Are we afraid that the people are going to finally stand up and speak in the city of Chicago, that they’re saying that this ship is headed in the wrong direction? Why are we afraid to let the people speak?””But we are afraid of the truth. Crime is running rampant. Our schools are in trouble. We’re spending hundreds, millions of dollars on people that don’t even pay taxes and live in the city,” Beale continued. “Now I’m all for taking care of people. I get it. I am sympathetic as well. However, I’m more sympathetic for the people in my community that have been paying taxes their entire life, can’t get a furnace, can’t get a roof, can’t get a hot water heater, can’t get a back porch. And my seniors are still starving for resources.”Beale charged: “There’s no conscionable way we should be voting on hundreds of millions of dollars to just, you know, go to Brighton Park, only to have the whole thing blown up.”—“We need to wake up. That’s all we’re trying to do, y’all. We’re trying to wake up,” Beale said. “Our people are demanding change. They’re demanding resources, and they’re demanding that we do something different in this body.”Beale concluded: “I hope you all sleep good tonight knowing that you all continue to turn your back on the people that are paying taxes in this city. So if that’s how you feel. God bless you. And I wish you a very good night’s sleep. Thank you.”
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