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Governors Hochul, Pritzker and Walz to Testify on Sanctuary City Policies

The session follows President Trump’s month-long ramp-up of deportation raids.

Women dressed in traditional Mexican attire take part in a protest against federal immigration sweeps, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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Law enforcement officers detain a protester blocking the garage entrance of the Los Angeles Federal Building following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
After giving a speech about higher education, Gov. JB Pritzker signs autographs at the University of Illinois Chicago on April 28, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Overview

  • Governors Hochul of New York, Pritzker of Illinois and Walz of Minnesota will appear before the House Oversight Committee on June 12 to defend state laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration agents.
  • Committee Chairman James Comer issued letters in April demanding explanations for any barriers to the removal of violent offenders under sanctuary statutes.
  • The Republican-led panel includes hard-liners Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan and Paul Gosar, who are poised to press the governors on public safety implications.
  • Pritzker has spent days in Washington consulting with legal advisers to frame Illinois’ TRUST Act as a bipartisan measure that protects communities and supports enforcement.
  • New York GOP legislators sent federal lawmakers targeted questions on migrant vetting procedures, multi-billion-dollar relief spending and a $432 million no-bid contract to assist migrants.