Illinois Governor Pritzker's sanctuary policies enable preventable murders by criminal illegal immigrants
Source: M.D. Kittle. "There's Blood On JB Pritzker's Hands Again." March 24, 2026. thefederalist.com
The Gist
The author argues that Illinois Governor Pritzker is responsible for murders committed by illegal immigrants because his sanctuary city policies prevent local police from working with federal immigration agents to deport criminals. He uses the recent murder of a college student and other cases to show this creates a pattern of preventable deaths.
Conclusion
Governor JB Pritzker bears responsibility for preventable deaths like Sheridan Gorman's murder because his sanctuary policies protect criminal illegal immigrants from federal immigration enforcement
Premises
- Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, murdered 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman in Chicago
- Medina was previously apprehended by Border Patrol in 2023, released, then arrested again for shoplifting but released by Chicago authorities instead of being deported
- Illinois' TRUST Act and Illinois Way Forward Act, championed by Pritzker, prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement
- DHS reported that Illinois' failure to honor ICE detainers resulted in the release of 1,768 criminal illegal aliens, leading to multiple serious crimes including homicides
- This follows a pattern of preventable deaths, including Katie Abraham who was killed by a previously deported illegal immigrant in a drunk driving crash
- Pritzker has ignored pleas from Angel Families while showing public sympathy for protesters killed during ICE operations
Assumptions
- Local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement would have prevented these deaths
- Politicians who enact sanctuary policies bear moral and practical responsibility for crimes committed by those they protect from deportation
- The federal immigration system would effectively remove dangerous individuals if local authorities cooperated
- These deaths were preventable through different policy choices