Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2021-1129

• Record #: R2021-1129
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 10/14/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Reaffirmation of City of Chicago as sanctuary and welcoming city to black immigrants, especially Haitian migrants
• Sponsors: King, Sophia D., Hadden, Maria E. , Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
1/26/2022	43257	City Council	Re-Referred
1/26/2022		Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
1/20/2022		Committee on Health and Human Relations	Recommended for Re-Referral
10/14/2021	38279	City Council	Referred

ALDERMAN RODERICK 7. SAWYER CHAIRMAN
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RELATIONS CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - ROOM 300 121 NORTH LASALLE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602










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City Council Meeting
.lanuaiy 26, 2022


To President and Members of the City Council:

Your Committee on Health and.Human Relations to which was referred a communication on a Reaffirmation of City of Chicago as sanctuary and welcoming city to black immigrants, especially Haitian migrants (Alderwoman King) Re-referral to the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
R2021-1129
begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body, Approve the proposed communication transmitted here with.

This recommendation was concurred in by a viva voce vote of the Committee on Health and Human Relations.


Respectfully submitted,





Roderick T. Sawyer, Chairman Committee on Health and Human Relations



THE CITY OF CHICAGO RESOLUTION


DESIGNATE THE CITY OF CHICAGO AS A WELCOMING CITY TO ALL BLACK IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY THE HAITIAN MIGRANTS


WHEREAS there were thousands of Haitian migrants gathered at the Southern border of the United States in September 2021, seeking to enter for an improved quality of life; and

WHEREAS many of these Haitian migrants left Haiti following the devasting earthquake in their home country on January 12, 2010, that killed nearly 300,000 citizens and left millions homeless resulting in the resettlement of Haitians throughout Central, South and North America; and

WHEREAS the Haitian immigrants at the border suffer from extreme heat, exhaustion, hunger, and other inhumane conditions while awaiting processing from the Department of Homeland Security; and

WHEREAS while under the supervision of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Haitian migrants were singled-out and mistreated by CBP personnel who in captured images, were seen on horseback whipping and corralling the movements of these citizens ...