(The Center Square) – A letter from a Chicago alderman to President Donald Trump could lead to a conversation with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over immigration .

Alderman Raymond Lopez wrote to the president and proposed that noncitizens with clean criminal records in the country for more than 10 years pay a $2,500 fee to gain pardon and amnesty.

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Lopez’s plan also would allow U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to expedite the removal of more recent arrivals who don’t have pending merit hearing cases.

“Separating the

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