Immigration Customs and Enforcement https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Immigration Customs and Enforcement https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Angel Families Speak at the White House https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/angel-families-speak-at-the-white-house/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:07 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31810 Written by David E. Smith

Angel Families, relatives of Americans killed by illegal immigrants, shared their heartbreaking stories at a White House event on April 9, 2026. These are the faces and voices that many Democrats and much of the mainstream media choose to ignore. They are real families grieving losses they believe were preventable due to current border policies.

The media often dismisses these stories because they don’t fit the prevailing narrative. Instead, outlets prioritize emotional coverage of illegal immigrants facing deportation while overlooking American families devastated by preventable crimes.… Continue Reading

]]> 31810 JB Pritzker, ICE, and the Art of Selective Outrage https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/jb-pritzker-ice-and-the-art-of-selective-outrage/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:00:17 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31484 Written by Thomas Hampson

Governor JB Pritzker delivered his eighth consecutive budget address on February 18th. If you closed your eyes and listened, you might have thought you were hearing a man of the people, a defender of the powerless standing up to a tyrannical federal government. He invoked Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Reverend Jesse Jackson. He quoted the great reform governor, John Peter Altgeld.

He spoke of empathy, love, and the courage to resist authoritarianism.… Continue Reading

]]> 31484 March 17 Matters and Here’s Why https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/march-17-matters-and-heres-why/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:00:58 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31352 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times, and International House recently covered the three frontrunner Democratic candidates running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Illinois for the upcoming Primary on March 17th.

The debate featured candidates Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL, District 2), Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL, District 8), and Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.

I watched the debate so that you wouldn’t have to and these are the big takeaways.… Continue Reading

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