Dem governor expected to defend state’s controversial sanctuary policies during GOP-led hearing

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will be among several Democratic governors who are expected to face a grilling before GOP lawmakers during a Thursday hearing on their states’ controversial sanctuary status. 

According to prepared remarks obtained by Fox News Digital, Pritzker will defend his state’s policies, saying his administration was left to fill the void in the absence of help from the federal government in dealing with the border crisis.  

He will accuse certain border state governors and mayors of having abandoned the nation’s highest ideals by having spent millions of taxpayer dollars treating immigrants as "pawns" rather than doing "everything possible to make the promise of America the practice of America." 

He will take aim at Republican Govs. Gr...