CULTURETECHLENSChicago Welcoming City Ordinance
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Combined Graph record U-00199 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0083. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Fetched reproduction of Chicago Municipal Code Chapter 2-173, titled 'Welcoming City Ordinance': §2-173-005 (Purpose and intent) is marked '(Added Coun. J. 9-12-12, p. 33041, § 1),' i.e., added September 12, 2012. A Chicago 40th Ward explainer (tier 2, fetched) confirms the ordinance bars city employees from asking about immigration status, bars denying city services based on immigration status, and bars Chicago police cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement absent a court order or federal law. Supports identity, Chicago jurisdiction, and year 2012 as stored.
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Fetched reproduction of Chicago Municipal Code Chapter 2-173, titled 'Welcoming City Ordinance': §2-173-005 (Purpose and intent) is marked '(Added Coun. J. 9-12-12, p. 33041, § 1),' i.e., added September 12, 2012. A Chicago 40th Ward explainer (tier 2, fetched) confirms the ordinance bars city employees from asking about immigration status, bars denying city services based on immigration status, and bars Chicago police cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement absent a court order or federal law.
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- Year: 2012
- Work type: policy
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Fetched reproduction of Chicago Municipal Code Chapter 2-173, titled 'Welcoming City Ordinance': §2-173-005 (Purpose and intent) is marked '(Added Coun. J. 9-12-12, p. 33041, § 1),' i.e., added September 12, 2012. A Chicago 40th Ward explainer (tier 2, fetched) confirms the ordinance bars city employees from asking about immigration status, bars denying city services based on immigration status, and bars Chicago police cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement absent a court order or federal law. Supports identity, Chicago jurisdiction, and year 2012 as stored.
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