Chicago's City Council fights deportation of Illegal Alien Student

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

After an emotional appeal from a straight-A student facing deportation in 33 days, a City Council committee agreed Friday to champion the cause of Rigo Padilla and others caught in the switches while awaiting immigration reform.

The Human Relations Committee unanimously approved a resolution urging the U.S. Homeland Security Department to stop deportation proceedings against Padilla and all other immigrant students who would be eligible for legal status under the so-called DREAM Act still pending before Congress.

"I've been here all my life. This is my home. All I have is my education. To be separated from my family, from my friends and from that education would be devastating to me," said Padilla, a 21-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago student who dreams of becoming an attorney.

Chicago likes illegals.