Mayor Lori Lightfoot: ICE raids in Chicago won’t be aided by police

Washington CNN — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday that the Chicago Police Department will not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that are expected in Chicago and nine other major cities starting Sunday. “I have directed – and Superintendent Johnson has confirmed – that CPD has terminated ICE’s access to CPD’s databases related to federal immigration enforcement activities,” Lightfoot said in a statement, and reiterated the city’s support for immigrant communities. “As Mayor, I trust that only those individuals who represent a clear and present danger to our communities will be affected by this DHS policy.” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also struck a different note, saying he has not been directly notified by ICE about any plans to conduct raids, and stressing a need for “comprehensive immigration reform” in a statement Friday. “That’s not how we operate in New York City and we will always stand proudly alongside our immigrant brothers and sisters.” If ICE arrests take place in any of these cities on Sunday, families will likely be moved to ICE family residential detention centers as the agency works with consulates to obtain travel documents, according to the senior immigration official.