@wbez_chicago: Chicago and Illinois have sanctuary laws. What does that actually mean? President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have promised to deport people without legal status en masse and to crack down on existing protections and programs that create pathways to legal status. This could impact roughly half a million undocumented immigrants in Illinois, including some 30,000 recipients of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (also known as DREAMers), and tens of thousands of recently arrived migrants. Chicago is widely known as a sanctuary city, because it has laws in place that prohibit local officials from helping federal immigration agents enforce immigration law. Illinois has had a similar law in place since 2017 called the TRUST Act. Some suburban townships also have their own versions, including Evanston and Oak Park. Advocates hope these sanctuary laws can help protect immigrants in coming years from deportation. But there are limits. Read more at WBEZ.org or the link in bio. #sanctuarycity #chicago #Illinois #daca #dreamer #immigration #trump #explainer #news

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