Month: November 2023

CHICAGO — When Governor Pritzker promised to welcome the waves of migrants being bussed from border states to Chicago, he must have been thinking about running for President instead of how to house thousands of immigrants in Illinois.

The city and state’s lack of a cohesive, functioning sanctuary plan has become so disastrous that many migrants on their own are packing up to leave. Whether it was the city’s lack of jobs, resources, or just the idea of spending winter on Chicago’s streets, many are deserting the state, some even going back to their home countries.

Many have risked their lives for the American Dream, and are now rethinking those decisions. That’s how badly Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson have handled the migrant crisis.

“Gov. Pritzker appears to have put his ambitions for higher office ahead of the good of this state,” ILGOP Chairman Don Tracy said.“Like Biden, Pritzker encouraged illegal immigration to score points with open border advocates. Now Illinois taxpayers will have to foot the bill to house, feed, and provide for migrants in a state that is already one of the most taxed in the nation. This state needs a leader, not a politician auditioning to replace Biden.”

CHICAGO — Once again the Illinois Democrats are bowing to their special interest puppet masters,the teacher unions including especially the Chicago Teachers Union, by not renewing the Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program. Without this program, thousands of low income students will lose the opportunity to attend schools they love and that set them up for a brighter future.

The beneficiaries of the Invest in Kids scholarships come from underserved communities that value school choice for a variety of reasons, just like CTU president Stacey Davis Gates. Union President Gates chose private school for her own children, but lobbies to take such choice away from other Illinois children.

“Letting the Invest in Kids program expire takes away educational opportunities from thousands of low income children they cannot otherwise afford,”ILGOP Chairman Don Tracy said. “Not only is it bad public policy that puts a powerful special interest over public interest, it’s also hypocritical. Many well off teachers’ union leaders and Democrat leaders choose private school options for their own children, and at the same time deny that opportunity to the less fortunate. Democrats say they are always pro-choice, but that is certainly not their policy when it comes to education.”

CHICAGO — Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy released to following statement in response to President Biden’s visit to Illinois: 

“President Biden is touting his failing economic agenda in a state that continues to lose people and business because of misguided Democrat leaders like Governor Pritzker. If President Biden’s idea of success is high taxes, excessive government debt and spending, a crime crisis, and a governor putting political ambition ahead of our residents, Illinois is a great place to promote Bidenomics.”