The City Council of Evanston, IL, a suburb of Chicago, passed updates to the city’s Welcoming Ordinance to strengthen protections for residents amid increased federal immigration enforcement actions. Revisions to the ordinance include: (1) Prohibiting sharing city databases or information with federal immigration agencies or third parties unless they certify it will not be used for civil immigration enforcement (2) Reiterating that city staff will not participate in civil immigration enforcement, including with private contractors (3) Directing city officials to create policies for its public facilities that prioritize limiting immigration enforcement operations on site