LaHood blasts Pritzker over migrant crime in Illinois, says sanctuary policies are ‘government malpractice’

During a heated congressional hearing on sanctuary state policies, Illinois Rep. Darin LaHood accused Gov. J.B. Pritzker of endangering public safety by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. LaHood cited specific Illinois crimes involving migrants and claimed that Pritzker’s support for laws like the Illinois Way Forward Act creates “bureaucratic roadblocks” for law enforcement. Pritzker pushed back, defending his record and saying the federal government needs to do more to fix immigration.

Rep. Mary Miller presses Pritzker on protests, ICE cooperation

U.S. Rep. Miller accuses Gov. Pritzker of calling for “mass protests, mobilization and disruption" and asked if he would commit to working with the Trump administration and ICE to “ensure the violence we've seen in Los Angeles doesn't occur in Chicago or anywhere else in the state."