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After an emotional debate that harkened back to America’s darkest, most intolerant days, the City Council on Wednesday accused Gov. Bruce Rauner of overstepping his legal authority by trying to temporarily block the flow of Syrian refugees into Illinois in the wake of Paris terrorist attacks.
Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming Chicago’s status as a “sanctuary city” where illegal immigrants can live without fear of police harassment and underscored the city’s commitment to remain a “place of sanctuary for refugees from around the world.”
The message to Rauner was loud and clear — and Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he is certain his old friend got the message: Aldermen believe the governor has no legal right to temporarily stop accepting Syrian refugees. Nor is that fear-mongering, knee-jerk reaction to the Paris attacks the appropriate or humane message to send.
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Ald. Edward Burke (14th), chief sponsor of the resolution, was asked before the debate what power the City Council has to weigh in on the President Obama’s commitment to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year or on Rauner’s decision to turn them away temporarily for fear that a terrorist might be among the refugees.
“No, we don’t. We have as much power as the governor has, which is none. But, what we do have is the opportunity to go on the record in stating that Chicago, the most American of American cities, welcomes people in distress and trouble and tries to help, rather than demonizing them,” Burke said.
Alderman Ed Burke claims Governor Rauner and Chicago's City Council have no power on this matter but they do have the power to be a "sanctuary city". Got that?
