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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR PATH TO CITIZENSHIP
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WHEREAS, DuPage County is home to nearly one million residents, spanning diverse cultures and backgrounds, who all contribute to our rich cultural and social fabric, contributing every day to our vibrant economy and educational systems; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County remains committed to its responsibilities under the law while ensuring that every person, regardless of race, immigration status, or national origin, is treated with dignity and afforded basic protections; and
WHEREAS, this and previous sessions of Congress have utterly failed in their responsibility to work together in a bipartisan manner to effectively create a legal, fair and achievable path to citizenship for those who want to become U.S. citizens, and
WHEREAS, due to the failure to create reasonable and enforceable immigration procedures, officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been sent to detain and arrest residents in certain areas of the country, causing fear among residents in DuPage County, impeding the ability of many of our local residents to conduct routine business, access jobs, schools, social, legal and medical services; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County does not assist with or participate in federal immigration enforcement activities and is not notified in advance of ICE actions taking place throughout the County or on the County campus; and
WHEREAS, too often, those detained are not provided due process and equal treatment under the law; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board stands for basic human rights that allow our residents to live in peace in their own neighborhoods and calls for due process for all individuals in our nation; and
WHEREAS, Illinois statute 55 ILCS5/5-1005 gives DuPage County the power to perform “acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers;” and;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the DuPage County Board strongly supports the constitutional rights of all residents of the County, and we insist that each individual in our nation receive the basic right to due process, legal representation, and equal protection under the law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board objects to the incursions into local communities and neighborhoods disrupting the lives of law-abiding residents and the instances in our region where enforcement has led to injury and bloodshed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board demands that the energy, time and funds used for the current immigration enforcement action be shifted toward a good faith, bipartisan effort in Congress to create immigration reform providing a clear, achievable, legal process for those who seek to become citizens of the United States, rather than making our counties, cities, towns the scenes where this federal failure plays out; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, DuPage upholds its right to declare specific County property private or for employee use only, thereby preventing those areas to be used to assemble, mobilize, deploy vehicles, equipment, or materials or related personnel for the purpose of carrying out civil immigration enforcement efforts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board affirms its dedication to being a safe and inclusive community for all.
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Enacted and approved this 28th of October, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK