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Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker defended Illinois’ sanctuary laws for immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission before a House committee today and pointed at congressional Republicans and Democrats for using the issue to try to score political points rather than enacting comprehensive immigration reform.

“The vast majority of immigrants contribute to our communities, pay taxes and abide by the law. We should value their entrepreneurship, ingenuity and hard work. Both political parties are to blame for America’s broken immigration system. I hope that this committee chooses (to) be part of the solution by pursuing bipartisan comprehensive federal immigration reform,” the state’s two-term governor said in remarks submitted to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Before Pritzker’s opening statement, U.S. Rep. James Comer, the committee’s chair, accused Pritzker, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the two other Democratic governors testifying, of allowing “criminal illegal aliens to roam free in American communities” as he sat in front of posters of undocumented immigrants charged with violent crimes.

The hearing that began at 9 a.m. Chicago time, continued into the afternoon. Watch it in full here.

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