Emanuel, Gutierrez seek to reassure immigrants fearful of Trump
Posted November 19, 2016 12:00 am
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez tried Monday to reassure students living in fear, driven to despair and contemplating suicide since the election of Donald Trump as president that Chicago will remain a "sanctuary city" that protects illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile, in Washington, President Barack Obama told reporters he's urging Trump not to revoke an executive order that gives protections to "Dreamers," immigrant youths living in the U.S. illegally through no fault of their own.
Trump has said he wants to rescind all of Obama's executive orders, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows some 725,000 Dreamers to remain in the country.
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