On Tuesday, during the Republican debate, former speaker of the house and presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich separated himself from the GOP conservatives by announcing that he was not in favor of deporting illegal immigrant’s families that have been in the U.S. for years.
Chicago, like many large metropolitan cities in the U.S. have for decades been hesitant in enforcing immigration laws. Chicago’s policymakers along with police officials prevent their officers from enforcing any immigration laws. When police officers stop motorists for traffic violations and they are illegal immigrants, they are given citations and released on an I-Bond with their signature promising to go to court for the violation. Most of these motorists go to court and are always fined by the judge and then released.
Several years ago a school just outside Chicago made headlines when they prevented an illegal immigrant teen from attending their school. Within the week, the state of Illinois warned the school that if they prevented the teen from attending, they would stop state funding to the school. The school capitulated and allowed the teen to register. As the election of 2012 nears, immigration will be a hot topic, it will be interesting to see if anything different will be done concerning immigration.
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