The resignation comes after Human Relations Commissioner Nancy Andrade approved a plan last month, co-signed by the mayor, to address antisemitism, according to Ald. Debra Silverstein, the City Council’s only Jewish member. “He has not implemented any of the recommendations, so we are still waiting,” Silverstein said of the mayor.

In her letter to lawmakers, Mayor Katrina Thompson asked for help to close the facility and transfer its ownership from the federal government to the village for redevelopment as a museum. The “Broadview Justice Corridor,” as she called the project, would turn the ICE facility into a “national center dedicated to immigration history, civil rights education, civic leadership, and cultural tourism” and generate up to $31 million in economic activity.

“This is a project that is going to create thousands of jobs and opportunities for the people across the city, but particularly for development on the West Side,” the mayor said at a City Hall news conference. “This is a clear indication that the city of Chicago remains open for business, but we’re just not for sale.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin noted that, out of hundreds of grants the federal government has awarded for various transportation projects around the country, the Trump administration suspended payment only to Chicago and New York after changing the rules regarding contracting goals for minority- and woman-owned companies.

“Petitioners are asking this Court to ignore the law and appoint a special prosecutor citing public outrage and the will of multiple political figures as support for their position,” the 24-page filing from from Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke read. “Illinois law simply does not permit prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations and bring prosecutions because the general public and elected officials would like them to.”

In sum, posting the previous audits on the member portal has not let the union off the hook yet. In the March 20 order, Judge David B. Atkin said CTU cannot close the door on the case, because the union has still refused to concede it won’t withhold the reports in the future.

“We’d like to see our local law enforcement agencies and judges determine how Medina fell through the cracks and to determine how their processes could be improved to ensure that those charged with crimes face justice rather than seemingly allowing some of those accused to avoid the consequences simply by not showing up.”

During the investigation, FBI agents said they found additional threatening communications from Timothy Holmes’ account in March, including a series of derisive posts concerning Jewish people; several of the highly disturbing posts echoed radical slogans. He also allegedly posted the purported Florida address of relatives of an Israeli government official in an apparent doxxing attempt.

“The mission is to build a $25 million community center on the South Side of Chicago, a place where young men and women can learn trades, find mentors, and discover that their lives have direction and value. That building does not care about my heel. Those children do not get a pause button on the circumstances they were born into. The need does not rest while I recover.”

Gov. JB Pritzker said, in part, “This has been a terrible tragedy, and I know that the Gorman family has suffered mightily…There have been real failures. Those failures, of course, extend beyond the borders of Illinois. That’s their national failures, a failure to have comprehensive immigration reform, a failure of the president to follow his own edict to go after the worst of the worst.”

The office argued that the petitioners disagree with Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s prosecutorial decisions, and would “prefer that she make those decisions based on public sentiment, political pressure, the urging of elected officials and information gleaned from newspaper articles and civil pleadings” rather than on a criminal investigation conducted by law enforcement.

Police said that in each instance, the thief broke into a locked car on the street or in a public parking garage and stole the vehicle.

“The biggest lobby in Chicago is not big business,” Tabares said. “It’s the nonprofits, and they’re using the blood flowing in the streets, demanding funding with no strings attached. There is no accountability for how the money is being flown into these programs. No accountability whatsoever…. They are actually paying people for being a gang member—that’s what they’re doing.”

“Violent crime has no place in our streets, and we expect the alleged perpetrator to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” a Pritzker administration spokesman said. “The Trump Administration needs to stop politicizing heinous tragedies and instead focus on real solutions, like reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts.”

The lawsuit specifically accused the CTU of allegedly refusing to provide members with full audited annual financial reports, showing in full how the CTU is spending the money it collects from its more than 25,000 members. The plaintiffs argued most recently that CTU shouldn’t be allowed to walk away without a potential court order or an agreement preventing them from committing the same alleged violations in the future.