It is striking fear in the hearts of everybody in Chicago, and we have residents — this isn't just about undocumented people.
J.B. Pritzker
The Public Record
J.B. Pritzker is the 43rd Governor of Illinois, having taken office on January 14, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Pritzker has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during his tenure. He has been an advocate for progressive taxation and has worked to increase funding for public schools and social services. Pritzker's administration has also been marked by efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts on the state.
If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.
The Trump administration is following a playbook: cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.
The Trump administration’s illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm.
Peaceful protesters have been hit with tear gas and shot with rubber bullets; journalists simply reporting the facts on the ground have been targeted and arrested; U.S. citizens, including children, have been traumatized and detained.
The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.
I call on [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate.
It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police.
Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act so that he can send military troops to our city.
It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being White. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now ICE is making it commonplace.
No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion.
I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.
I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump's acts of aggression against our people.
In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.
State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people's ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.
They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort to protect public safety.
Secretary Noem should no longer be able to step foot inside the State of Illinois without any form of public accountability.
I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois.





