Casey Urlacher, mayor of Mettawa, said the Democratic party is struggling to keep up with immigration because sanctuary cities are overwhelmed. He referenced states like Illinois, Arizona, and New York during his time on the Lake Forest podcast.
“You’ve got all these Democratic states, Mayor Adams in New York, has had enough, he don’t know what to do now,” Urlacher told host Weiss on the Lake Forest podcast. Arizona Governor “Katie Hobbs who said ‘I can’t take it anymore,’ she’s at her wits end.”
“The question of saying, hey, what about they end up at your front door,” Urlacher said. “They won’t, because we’re just gonna put them on a bus and send them back.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Dec. 16th edition of the podcast focused on politics and sports talk. Mayor Urlacher explains the Village of Mettawa’s land strategy and the community impact that has, discusses bipartisan collaborations that he thinks would work, and dives into NCAA policy change affecting athletes.
The Lake Forest podcast is hosted by Pete Jansons, an entrepreneur with a background in neuroscience, Rick Lesser, an attorney and former village trustee, and Joe Weiss, who has experience in multiple government and public service positions. The podcast covers topics and politics impacting the area around the city of Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest podcast website.
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