Democrats in Illinois are allowing illegal immigrants, including those who have committed horrific crimes, to change their names to avoid deportation and remain within the state.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who vowed to fight for illegal immigrants, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are also blocking ICE agents from accessing prisons to detain some of the most vile illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes, including drug offenses, gang affiliation, prostitution, human trafficking, and child sex crimes.
The Trump administration has categorically stated that it was primarily focusing on national security threats and the most dangerous illegal immigrants. However, Democrats in Illinois are preventing those people from being deported. About 300 illegal aliens with ICE detainer requests are in Chicago.
These are not the “farm produce pickers” that Democrats have been talking about, but people wanted for various crimes that the Trump administration wants out of the country.
Recently, the Illinois legislature passed HB 5164, allowing anybody who has resided in the state for three months to change their name. Previously, it required the name change applicant to have resided in the state for at least six months.
However, that is not the most concerning detail, as the law also allows even the most dangerous criminal illegal aliens to change their names. Both chambers approved the measure, which was sent to Gov. Pritzker’s desk for signing last week.
While proponents of the law claim it would help victims of domestic abuse and, of course, transgender individuals to feel safer, it did not exempt criminal illegal aliens with a history of violent crimes.
“There are residents in our state who do not feel safe when they are an adoptee; they’re transgender; they’re an immigrant; they’re a survivor of domestic violence, survivor of sexual exploitation and human trafficking,” Democrat State Senator Ram Villivalam, the sponsor of the bill, said.
“So they would like to change their name, and in doing so, we need to remove as many barriers as we can to ensure their health and safety.”
However, allowing illegal immigrants to change their names will effectively enable them to evade ICE raids, as the name change may not have propagated through all systems when the immigration officers descend on the correctional facilities.
“Is this creating a loophole for people who are here, who are criminals and part of things involved in the trafficking, involved in all of these nefarious activities that we’ve been reading about?” GOP State Senator Sue Rezin asked.
According to State Senator Andrew Chesney, the passage of the law allows “illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes” to “simply change their names, making it difficult for law enforcement or immigration officials to track them down.”
However, Democrats continue to pat themselves on the back by claiming that the law allows people who feel unsafe to feel more secure.
“As people continue to feel the hate, feel the discrimination, get targeted, we need to continue to take these steps to make sure they feel healthy and safe,” said Villivalam.
The name change petitioners were also slapped with a lenient maximum fee of $25. The court can also waive the charge “for good cause shown,” allowing the law to be abused.
It also exempts the petitioners from publicly disclosing the name change, meaning most people would not know about it. It also allows name changers to exclude their home addresses, making them totally untraceable.
