‘We Have Law And Order’: Border Democrat Rips Sanctuary City Chicago Amid Lawsuit

A Democratic congressman ripped Chicago in reaction to a Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit against the city for policies that make it harder for deportation officers to apprehend criminal illegal migrants.

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democratic lawmaker representing a district along the U.S.-Mexico border, during a Thursday interview appeared supportive of a lawsuit against Chicago for its sanctuary policies restricting cooperation between local police and 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The congressman noted that there are no sanctuary policies in border towns because they want law and order.

“It’s common sense,” Cuellar said Thursday during a NewsNation interview. “Look, I don’t support sanctuary cities.”

“We don’t have any sanctuary cities along the border because we want to make sure that we have law and order, that if anybody wants to come into the United States, they do it the legal way like my parents did, and it’s important,” Cuellar continued. “So, no, I don’t support any sanctuary cities and I think I’ve even voted to cut funding for sanctuary city policies.”

The comments are in reaction to the DOJ filing a lawsuit Thursday against Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois for laws and policies in each locality that largely restrict how ICE agents can interact with local and state officials — making their mission of apprehending criminal illegal migrants all the more difficult. The Trump administration argues that the laws are unconstitutional as they impede the work of federal Immigration