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J.B. Pritzker during a U.S. House hearing on migrant sanctuary states. When confronted with the state’s negative population trends at Thursday’s hearing, Pritzker pushed back against U.S. Rep. John McGuire,
Rep. LaHood said he believes it is in the state’s best interest to end the policies, which is why he felt compelled to join the hearing.
Rep. Brandon Gill dredged up the eight-year-old tweet from Pritzker during a heated House Oversight Committee hearing with sanctuary state governors.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday defended Illinois’ sanctuary laws before a House committee hearing and blasted the Trump administration for “abuses of power” amid a crackdown on undocumented immigrants that have spawned protests around the country,
PEORIA Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC)
The Illinois governor testified along with counterparts from New York and Minnesota on their states' immigration policies.
House Oversight Chair James Comer requested in April that these Democratic governors testify, claiming that the "Trump administration is taking decisive action to deport criminal illegal aliens from our nation, but reckless sanctuary states like Illinois, Minnesota, and New York are actively seeking to obstruct federal immigration enforcement."
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