State Rep. Chris Miller Exposes Public Safety Failures of Gov. Pritzker’s Sanctuary State Policies. Reacting to the murder of a Loyola student by an illegal immigrant on Chicago’s lakefront, Rep. Miller said Sheridan Gorman was not at the wrong place at the wrong time like Ald. Maria Hadden said.
“She was simply enjoying a nice evening with her friends and watching the northern lights when she was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant,” said Miller. The Biden administration let Jose Medina walk into our country and Pritzker helped protect him, and now we have another innocent young woman murdered because of radical policies. It’s time to repeal the TRUST Act and SAFE-T Act in order to save American lives.”
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On March 19, 18-year-old college student Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed on the Chicago lakefront, a place Governor Pritzker often claims is safe, by an illegal immigrant with prior offenses who was allowed to stay on our streets.
The alleged murderer, Jose Medina, is a Venezuelan national who was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol and released into the country under the Biden Administration’s Open Border Policy. He was then released again on June 19, 2023, following an arrest for shoplifting in Chicago.
This is just the latest example of how Governor Pritzker’s sanctuary policies and the SAFE-T Act are failing Illinois families. Under Gov. Pritzker and Democratic leadership, we’ve seen:
Failed sanctuary state policies that, combined with Biden’s Open Border Policy, led to a surge of 550,000 illegal immigrants into Illinois.
More than $3 billion in taxpayer funds being spent on health care and other benefits for illegal immigrants.
A string of horrific crimes committed by violent offenders who were in this country illegally
Sheridan Gorman’s murder is not the first such incident of violent crime committed by illegal immigrants. The headlines are stacking up and JB Pritzker has done nothing to improve public safety.
Katie Abraham, and her friend Chloe Polzin, were killed in January 2025 in Urbana when a drunk driver who was an undocumented immigrant struck their car.
Baltazar Perez-Estrada was charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors said he stabbed Maricela Simon Franco, dozens of times, killing her in front of their children.
Edwin Pacheco-Meza was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI after Illinois State Police said a crash killed an Illinois couple.
ABC7 reported Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, described by DHS as living in the U.S. illegally, was charged with concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse, and obstructing justice after Megan Bos, 37, was found dead in a container on his property.
Governor Pritzker wants to point fingers over the ongoing crisis of illegal immigrants committing crimes in Illinois, but he cannot escape his own record. Pritzker attempted to blame Washington for bad immigration policy but under the current administration, border crossings are at their lowest levels in years.
The Governor can blame President Trump all he wants, but here in Illinois, he has spent years undermining the very enforcement efforts he now claims are not working.
Pritzker also said immigration enforcement is the responsibility of the federal government. That is rich coming from someone who spent the last year attacking federal law enforcement and standing in the way of its operations.
Pritzker’s Record
- Governor Pritzker called federal law enforcement “jackbooted thugs” for enforcing immigration laws.
- He signed the Illinois Way Forward Act, strengthening barriers that prevent federal and local law enforcement from coordinating on immigration enforcement.
- He created ICE-free zones to interfere with federal enforcement efforts.