<p>Donald Trump&rsquo;s opinions on illegal immigration and sanctuary cities are no secret, and the president-elect has vowed to start deporting illegals during his &ldquo;first 100 days&rdquo; in office. ;</p>
<p>As I wrote on Saturday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has already announced that he will not be cooperating with Trump&rsquo;s efforts to locate illegals currently living in New York. ;</p>
<p>There are currently about 300 sanctuary cities across the nation, and mayors from ;New York, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, and Philadelphia have already insisted that their sanctuary policies will remain in place even if they lose federal funding. ;</p>
<p>On Monday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the Windy City would &ldquo;always be a sanctuary city.&rdquo; Chicago&rsquo;s current laws prohibit police officers and government employees from asking the locals about immigration status, and Emanuel plans to keep it that way.</p>
<p>&ldquo;To those who are, after Tuesday&rsquo;s election, very nervous and filled with anxiety as we&rsquo;ve spoken to, you are safe in Chicago, you are secure in Chicago, and you are supported in Chicago,&rdquo; said Emanuel during a news conference called specifically to publicize the expansion of mental health services for those feeling anxious in the wake of the election. ;</p>
<p>Emanuel&#8217;s vow is in direct opposition to Trump&rsquo;s plans to block federal funding to sanctuary cities and &ndash; as he reiterated on Sunday &ndash; to build ;a border wall. &ldquo;What we are going to do is get the people that are [criminals] and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers,&rdquo; said Trump on CBS&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes.</em></p>
<p>&ldquo;We have a lot of these people. Probably two million, it could be even three million,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The president-elect said nothing about sanctuary cities during the interview, but explained that he would make determinations on other undocumented immigrants only after the &ldquo;border is secured and after everything gets normalized.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>In the meantime, Mayor Emanuel urges immigrants with questions about their legal status to contact Chicago&#8217;s 311 center to obtain more information. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Now, administrations may change, but our values and principles as it relates to inclusion does not,&rdquo; said Emanuel. &ldquo;People from all faiths, all backgrounds, and all parts of the world have beaten their path to the city of Chicago because Chicago offers them and &ndash; more importantly, as the son and the grandson of an immigrant &ndash; their children and grandchildren a chance at the American dream.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> If Trump wants to make an example of a sanctuary city, I&#8217;m sure no one would mind if it was Chicago. ;</p>