As Chicago braces for threat of mass deportations, it’s losing its quarterback on migrant issues – WBEZ (Chicago)

Brandie Knazze flatly denied that her departure just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 leaves Chicago in the lurch. However, Ald. Andre Vasquez, chair of the City Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said the timing couldn’t be worse. “With Trump coming, we’ve got the migrant issue. We’ve got folks who are going to need support,” Vasquez said. “To have somebody [new] come in—there’s a learning curve. And right now, we can’t afford that.”