SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WIFR) - Joined by other community leaders, Governor JB Pritzker asks the Trump administration to suspend federal immigration enforcement operations during the Halloween weekend, specifically around children and families.

At a news conference Thursday, Pritzker says he wrote a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Daniel Lyons and Border Patrol Commissioner Matthew Scott, requesting the suspension of all federal enforcement operations from Friday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 2.

“Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” Pritzker says. “Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence.

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