THE ILLINOIZE: Pritzker punches back at migrant crisis critics...Harris jumping in for Cook County Clerk

April 23, 2024

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The House and Senate are out this week. Governor Pritzker is in Rockford at 11:45 to pitch his Healthcare Protection Act.

Let’s get to it.

PRITZKER ON TRUST ACT, MIGRANT CRITICS

Governor JB Pritzker is shooting back at critics of his handling of the Chicago migrant crisis.

Speaking at an unrelated event Monday in Peoria, Pritzker was asked about the TRUST Act, a 2017 law that prohibits local law enforcement in Illinois from participating in immigration enforcement. Republicans in the General Assembly have called for the law to be repealed.

Pritzker rejected the idea.