URGES-ABOLISH ICE

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SR0588
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SENATE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, In response to the terrorist attacks on September
3
11, 2001, the United States Congress passed the Homeland
4
Security Act, which abolished the Immigration and
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Naturalization Service, replacing it with the Department of
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Homeland Security (DHS), and included the establishment of the
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Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, now known as
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and

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WHEREAS, According to the ICE website, "Congress granted
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ICE a unique combination of civil and criminal authorities to
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better protect national security and public safety in answer
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to the tragic events on 9/11. Leveraging those authorities,
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ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and
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public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of
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federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and
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immigration"; and

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WHEREAS, Even prior to the reelection of Donald Trump as
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President of the United States in 2024, ICE has had a troubled
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history, which has been criticized by both sides of the
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political spectrum, and has been mired in controversy by using
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its funding to detain immigrants in egregiously inhumane
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conditions and deport immigrants with little to no due process
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or consideration for their familial and community ties to the

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United States; and

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WHEREAS, ICE has long had a culture of abuse and has been
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referred to as an unaccountable agency that has treated
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detained individuals, including children, inhumanely,
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bordering on crimes against humanity; and

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WHEREAS, On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed
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numerous immigration-related Executive Orders, including
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Executive Order No. 14159, entitled "Protecting The American
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People Against Invasion", which requires the Attorney General
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and the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that
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sanctuary states do not receive access to federal funds and to
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undertake any criminal or civil actions they deem warranted
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based on any sanctuary state's practices that they deem
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interferes with the enforcement of federal law; and

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WHEREAS, On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed
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Executive Order No. 14163, entitled "Realigning the United
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States Refugee Admissions Program", which indefinitely
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suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and
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requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend
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decisions on applications for refugee status until USRAP
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resumes; and

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WHEREAS, On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed

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Executive Order No. 14165, entitled "Securing Our Borders",
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which reinstates the Migrant Protection Protocols in all
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sectors along the southern border, ends the use of the CBP One
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application as a method of paroling or facilitating the entry
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of immigrants and refugees, and terminates categorical parole
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programs, including the program known as the Processes for
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Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans; and

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WHEREAS, On January 21, 2025, the Trump Administration
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ended a policy that previously protected sensitive locations,
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including schools, hospitals, and churches, from ICE
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operations; and

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WHEREAS, Due to lax federal oversight, ICE has routinely
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engaged in deceptive practices which mislead the public,
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including posing as local law enforcement despite not being
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trained or deputized as police officers, misrepresenting
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administrative warrants as judicial warrants, and pressuring
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local and state law enforcement to violate due process rights
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by holding and transferring people who are being released to
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ICE; and

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WHEREAS, In collaboration with other federal agencies, ICE
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has used deportation or the threat of deportation as a tool to
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pressure immigrants, especially those of Hispanic, Arab,
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Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, to spy against their

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own communities for the United States government; and

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WHEREAS, On September 8, 2025, DHS, under the direction of
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President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, formally
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launched "Operation Midway Blitz" with the purported goal of
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hunting, arresting, and deporting "illegal criminal aliens" in
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the Chicagoland region; and

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WHEREAS, In publicly available data obtained by the
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Deportation Data Project through Freedom of Information Act
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(FOIA) requests to DHS, at least 1,600 people were arrested in
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Illinois during Operation Midway Blitz from September 8
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through October 15, 2025; and

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WHEREAS, In publicly available data obtained by the
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Deportation Data Project through FOIA requests to DHS, it was
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reported that 66% of the people detained during Operation
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Midway Blitz had no prior criminal charges, while only 17% had
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a prior criminal conviction and only 3% had prior criminal
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convictions for violent crimes; and

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WHEREAS, On September 12, 2025, Silverio
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Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old with a limited record of
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traffic violations and father of two sons, was shot and killed
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by an ICE agent in Franklin Park during a traffic stop and
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arrest attempt; and

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WHEREAS, On October 4, 2025, Marimar Martinez, a
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30-year-old American citizen, was following DHS agents before
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being shot by a DHS agent five times, leaving her with seven
4
wounds; criminal charges were brought against Martinez for her
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behavior leading up to the shooting, but all federal charges
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were dropped with prejudice in November 2025; and

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WHEREAS, On October 21, 2025, Rey Estrada, a 20-year
8
resident of Chicago with no criminal record and father of
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three boys, was detained by ICE in Rogers Park in Chicago in
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the 7th State Senate District while performing paid
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landscaping work; following his arrest, he spent three hours
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in the back of an ICE SUV, the next 48 hours in the Broadview
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processing center alongside 150 other men, and the next ten
14
weeks in federal custody in the North Lake Processing Center
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in Baldwin, Michigan until he obtained release on $1,500 bond
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following a successful habeas corpus petition; and

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WHEREAS, On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good, an
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American citizen and mother of three children, was shot and
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killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota while acting
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as a legal observer of DHS immigration enforcement; and

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WHEREAS, Under the direction of President Trump, DHS
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Secretary Noem, and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller,

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ICE has consistently and continuously demonstrated an
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inability to fulfill its duties without violating due process,
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human rights, transparency, or public accountability, and the
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agency fails to adhere to domestic and international law; and

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WHEREAS, The United States of America does not need an
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opaque and rogue agency operating in our communities,
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dehumanizing and deporting our neighbors in immigrant
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communities, and acting lawlessly without consequence;
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Illinois, being home to one of the largest and most diverse
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immigrant communities in the nation, has enacted policies to
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protect immigrants and refugees from the inhumane treatment
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and aggressive tactics of ICE, but there are still countless
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stories of brutal detentions and unjust deportations;
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therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the 119th
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United States Congress to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs
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Enforcement (ICE); and be it further

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RESOLVED, That we urge Congress to implement an orderly
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and just transfer of essential and basic legally required
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functions in a manner that upholds values of due process,
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equality under the law, and family unity upon or before the
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abolition of ICE; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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delivered to the President of the United States, the Vice
3
President of the United States, the Speaker of the U.S. House
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of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate,
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and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.

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