Does your Alder reJECT ICE MONEY?
The Trump Administration’s extreme immigration enforcement campaign has terrorized cities across the US and undermined the rule of law. It has torn apart families, hurt small businesses, lowered school attendance, and eroded trust in law enforcement. In Chicago, Marimar Martinez was shot and Silverio Villegas González was killed in federal immigration actions. In Minneapolis, Renee Good and Alex Pretti lost their lives in incidents involving federal agents.
This immigration enforcement campaign is only possible with the assistance of private industry. Private companies profit by providing agents with housing, cars, technology, and more. Some of those same companies want to curry favor in Chicago’s elections and win more government contracts that use our tax dollars.
In Chicago, we call upon our elected officials to reject corporate influence in our elections, especially from companies that enable brutal immigration enforcement tactics. We’re asking Chicago elected officials and candidates to reject contributions from 12 corporations and their PACs, plus their executives, with ties to ICE and Border Patrol.
WHO SIGNED THE PLEDGE
The following elected officials committed to reject campaign contributions from 12 corporations, including their PACs and executives, with ties to ICE and Border Protection.
*The Chicago Board of Ethics has advised that as a legal matter, this is appropriate to consider at the City office, since it is per se politically neutral, and is not intended to support someone’s campaign to get elected to political office over one of their opponents, since all candidates, both incumbents and challengers, have the opportunity to consider and/or sign this.
THE COMPANIES
Our pledge includes companies profiting from contracts with immigration enforcement agencies, as well as companies that significantly collaborate with ICE and Border Protection to facilitate their extremist campaign.
Amazon
Dell
Deloitte
Enterprise
FedEx
Home Depot
Illinois Hotel & Motel PAC
Microsoft
Motorola Solutions
SP+ Parking
Target
Waste Management
This is not an exhaustive list. The list may be updated to remove companies that drop their contracts or change their policies, or reflect companies with new contracts.
WHO WE ARE
This is a project by the Chicago Fair Elections coalition.
We believe it’s time to transform our politics. We’re fighting for Fair Elections to elevate the voices of everyday Chicagoans, fight corruption, and empower candidates from all walks of life to run for office.
We can have a government that represents all of us and supports what our communities need, not what big-money donors and special interests want. Join us and give power back to the people!