Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-5596

• Record #: O2019-5596
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/24/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees and Rules
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-173 to further regulate Welcoming City Ordinance and adding new Section 2-173-062 regarding immigration enforcement operations
• Sponsors: Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Rodriguez, Michael D., La Spata, Daniel , Hadden, Maria E. , Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Silverstein, Debra L., Osterman, Harry, Martin, Matthew J. , Hairston, Leslie A., Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Sawyer, Roderick T., Cardenas, George A., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Scott, Jr. Michael, Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Maldonado, Roberto, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Villegas, Gilbert, Mitts, Emma, Waguespack, Scott, Austin, Carrie M., Cardona, Jr., Felix , Taliaferro, Chris, Reboyras, Ariel, Dowell, Pat, King, Sophia D., Burke, Edward M., Tunney, Thomas, Smith, Michele, Brookins, Jr., Howard, Cappleman, James
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 173 Actions Related to Citizenship or Residency Status
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
7/24/2019	4392	City Council	Referred

Committee on Human Relations and Health City Council July 23,2019


ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: Chapter 2-173 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and inserting the language underscored, as follows: (Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)


CHAPTER 2-173
WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE 2-173-005 Purpose and intent. 2-173-010 Definitions.
2-173-020 Requesting information prohibited. 2-173-030 Disclosing information prohibited.
2-173-040 Conditioning benefits, services, or opportunities on immigrant status prohibited. 2-173-042 Civil immigration enforcement actions - Federal responsibility. 2-173-050 No private cause of octionRemedies. 2-173-060 Exchanging file information.
2-173-062. Calls related to immigration enforcement operations. 2-173-070 Severability.

2-173-005 Purpose and intent.
The vitality of the City of Chicago (the "City"), one of the most ethnically, racially and religiously diverse cities in the world, where one-out-of-five of the City's residents is an immigrant, has been built on the strength of its immigrant communities. The City Council finds that the cooperation of all persons; both documented citizens and those without documentation status, is essential to achieve the City's goals of protecting life and property, preventing crime and resolving problems. The City Council further finds that assistance from a person, whether documented or not, who is a victim of, or a witness.to, a crime is important to promoting the safety of all its residents. The cooperation of the City's immigrant communities is essential to prevent and solve crimes and maintain public order, safety and security in the entire City. Furthermore, immigrant community members, whether documented citizens or not, should be treated with respect and dignity by all City employees and should not be subjected to physical abuse, threats or intimidation. One of the City's most import...