Stratton’s “Illinois Blueprint” Is a Roadmap to Lawlessness
SPRINGFIELD — A new report confirms the drastic degree to which public safety in Chicago has taken a backseat to an extreme agenda.
According to recent reporting, hundreds of jailed illegal immigrants in Chicago have been released back onto the streets despite federal immigration detainers, which raises serious concerns about safety, accountability, and the rule of law.
“In Illinois, too many politicians put ideology ahead of common sense,” said Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy. “Lt Governor Stratton’s ‘Illinois Blueprint’ is a roadmap to lawlessness.”
Even members of her own party are beginning to acknowledge the damage. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza and other Democrats have called for reforms to some of the state’s most extreme criminal justice policies, including provisions of the SAFE-T Act.
“While others are recognizing that criminal justice reforms have gone too far, Stratton continues to double down,” Tracy said. “She supports policies that undermine law enforcement, weaken personal accountability, and allow dangerous career criminals to our streets, trains and buses.”
Under the SAFE-T Act, law enforcement officials and victims’ advocates have repeatedly raised concerns about career violent criminals being released pending trial. Combined with policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, the result is a system that too often prioritizes criminals over communities thereby leading to loss of innocent life as the case of Sheridan Gorman.
“As your next U.S. Senator, I will stand with law enforcement, support policies that hold criminals accountable, and ensure that public safety is the first responsibility of government. The choice in this race couldn’t be clearer: more of the same failed policies that have made Illinois less safe, or strong leadership that puts everyday Illinoisans first.”
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About Don Tracy:
Don is Senior Counsel at Brown, Hay & Stephens, the oldest law firm in Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln famously practiced law for four years. Public service is important to Don, with a lifetime spent in community service, most often in volunteer positions. He has served as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, Secretary of the Illinois Bar Foundation, President of the Sangamon County Bar Association, Chairman of the Illinois Corporate Acts Advisory Committee, and President of the Abraham Lincoln Association, President of the Oak Ridge Cemetery Board, among other community leadership positions. Born in Urbana, raised in Mt. Sterling in Western Illinois, and having raised his own family in Springfield in Central Illinois, Don has deep ties to "downstate Illinois." As the oldest of 12 children, family has always been important to Don.