Chicago Mayor Permanently Bans ICE From Accessing Police Databases Ahead of Raids

Lori Lightfoot watches the presentation of colors at her inauguration ceremony at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill., on May 20, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday, July 10, that the Chicago police department would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain residents or allow them access to their police database for the upcoming ICE raids.

Lightfoot said to the public, “they [the Chicago police] will not team up with ICE to detain any resident. We have also cut off ICE from access from any CPD databases and that will remain permanent.”