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Undeterred by weekend protests, Trump posted that the U.S. “must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside.”
Abogados y políticos que estuvieron en la redada de inmigración del miércoles aún cuestionan el papel de la Policía de Chicago. Y dicen que los agentes federales infringieron la ley.
Lawyers and politicians who were on the ground for Wednesday’s immigration raid are still questioning the role Chicago police played. And they say federal agents broke the law.
It’s unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover transit agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal pandemic aid runs out. But the feared 40% “doomsday” service cuts are not certain — at least not yet.
Three bills surfaced in the Illinois General Assembly that could’ve thrown the team a block in their rush to the former Arlington International Racecourse, but none made headway by the time lawmakers gaveled out early Sunday.
The plan would let those with less than six months to live end their own lives with a physician’s help. Cardinal Blase Cupich opposes it.
Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — and its proposed $1.50 tax on food and package deliveries — never got out of the station to the House floor.
Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a spending plan.
Legislators were seemingly on board with the latest plan to reform the Chicago-area transit system — but miles apart on how to fund the CTA, Metra and Pace to avert a $770 million fiscal cliff.
As electricity costs climb, legislators push a plan to speed up solar and wind projects, end a moratorium on new nuclear plants and promote energy efficiency.