At the City's Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights hearing Tuesday morning, City Council members called for transparency from Chicago Police about their involvement in an ICE operation at a South Loop immigration hearing facility on June 4.
The hearing was based on an order introduced by Immigrant Committee Chair Andre Vasquez.
"That would require the communications and information related to June 4, as well as other communications with the Department of Homeland Security," Vasquez said. "So, we can better identify what information may or may not be shared, how that is reported back to the city and how we can actually hold that accountable."
Vasquez and other alderpeople said they're concerned that CPD violated Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance, which prohibits local law enforcement from being involved in any ICE activity.
"What happened on June 4, I believe, is a learning opportunity for us to examine CPD protocols and make sure that we're upholding our city's laws and values as we continue to weather these attacks from ice and from President Trump," he said.
At the hearing, alderpeople heavily questioned CPD Director of Community Policing Glen Brooks about CPD's involvement on June 4.
He said officers responded to 911 calls and were not aware that an immigration operation was happening.
"We were responding to two calls to assist the police," Brooks said. "The emergency response was a result of these calls, not a result of the known immigration enforcement action being taken at that location by federal authorities."
He said when officers arrived, they were not aware that an ICE raid was happening.
"At no point did CPD assist in immigration enforcement," Brooks said. "No arrests were made by CPD. We remained on scene until the crowd dispersed without incident. Just as we've been doing, we will continue to operate in accordance with the welcoming city ordinance and our CPD policy on responding to instances involving citizen status."