Statement from Town Cicero President Larry Dominick

Town President Larry Dominick and the Town of Cicero Board of Trustees want to remind residents that Cicero does not work with ICE, and that Cicero Police and officials never ask or consider an individual’s citizenship status. Although President Trump has announced a delay in his threat to target undocumented residents in sanctuary municipalities like Cicero, Cicero officials want to emphasize that the Town views all of the people who live in Cicero as equals. Cicero was the first municipality to implement official policies to protect the rights of undocumented residents who were being deported during the administrations of Presidents Obama, Bush and now Trump. The Safe Space resolution was implemented in 2008 and was used as a model by many other municipalities to do the same. We are disappointed and concerned by the irresponsible rhetoric of some activists who seek to fan community fears for their selfish political agendas, including by some who stood with us to claim credit for the passage of the Safe Space resolution when it was first implemented in 2008.