Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, January 26, 2016.
Rahm declares that Chicago will remain a sanctuary city despite Trump executive order to pull funding
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that Chicago will continue to protect undocumented immigrants from federal deportation despite an executive order from President Donald Trump to pull federal funds from sanctuary cities. “Jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply [with federal immigration laws] are not eligible to receive federal grants except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes,” reads the executive order signed by Trump Wednesday. “Wherever you came from, you’re welcome here,” Emanuel told reporters in response to the order. It is unclear how the loss of federal funds would affect the city, but in order to remove all of the city’s approximately $1.3 billion in federal funding, Congress would have to approve the move, according to DNAinfo Chicago. [DNAinfo Chicago]
