Restriction and sanctuary: A look at Chicago mayors’ wildly different approaches to immigrants

Curious City

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Chicago is in the national spotlight when it comes to the immigration debate, but that’s nothing new to the mayoral office. We take a look back at how mayors have either embraced or rejected new arrivals.

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0:42.3	I'm Erin Allen.
0:43.3	A lot has been happening in Chicago over the past few months.
0:46.3	The city has been in the spotlight lately when it comes to immigration.
0:50.3	The deportation plan will start in Chicago.
0:52.3	Arrested operations were launched in Chicago over the weekend.
0:55.0	Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was on the congressional hot seat yesterday about the city's sanctuary status.
1:00.9	It's got Curious City listener Larry Arroyo thinking a lot about a Chicago politician he encounters pretty regularly.
1:08.1	Former mayor of Chicago, Levi Boone.
1:10.7	He was a one-term mayor. He was the 17th mayor of Chicago,
1:13.5	was anti-immigrant, pro-slavery,
1:16.6	and he caused a riot in the city of Chicago,
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