{"id":69767,"date":"2026-03-23T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/pritzker-breaks-silence-on-migrant-charged-in-students-murder-blames-trump-for-politicizing-case\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:58:30","slug":"pritzker-breaks-silence-on-migrant-charged-in-students-murder-blames-trump-for-politicizing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/pritzker-breaks-silence-on-migrant-charged-in-students-murder-blames-trump-for-politicizing-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Pritzker breaks silence on migrant charged in student\u2019s murder, blames Trump for \u2018politicizing\u2019 case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker<\/a> office broke its silence on the murder of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, who was allegedly killed by Venezuelan national Jose Medina-Medina, telling Fox News Digital they are grieving the young woman\u2019s death and that President Donald Trump is wrongly politicizing tragedies like it.<\/p>\n

Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old from Yorktown Heights, New York, was shot and killed while<\/a> admiring the aurora borealis along Lake Michigan, with her death initially leading to outrage from everywhere but Springfield.<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman,” Pritzker\u2019s office told Fox News Digital in a statement Monday, after as recently as 11 p.m. CT Sunday, the Hyatt Hotels heir remained mum to an inquiry by the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Violent crime has no place in our streets, and we expect the alleged perpetrator to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Pritzker\u2019s office added.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ADMIN SUES ILLINOIS GOV. PRITZKER OVER LAWS SHIELDING MIGRANTS FROM COURTHOUSE ARRESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The Trump administration needs to stop politicizing heinous tragedies and instead focus on real solutions, like reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts.”<\/p>\n

Pritzker, however, did not respond to a second question on whether he would instruct Illinois authorities to abide by the Laken Riley Act<\/a> and hold illegal immigrants, <\/strong>including Medina-Medina,<\/strong> until the feds can pick them up.<\/p>\n

Pritzker has received criticism since the Thursday murder for his quick response to the federal agent-involved killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, and for the fact that he presides over a state that has a policy preventing full cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

ICE issued a detainer<\/a> for Medina-Medina over the weekend, but Chicago is a sanctuary jurisdiction and the state enforces the TRUST Act \u2013 a law passed through the Democratic-majority legislature in Springfield and signed by then-Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican<\/p>\n

The TRUST Act prevents state and local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, stating that a suspect or convict cannot be held for federal transfer past his scheduled release date unless presented with a federal criminal warrant.<\/p>\n

GOV. PRITZKER IGNORED MY LETTER \u2014 AFTER HIS SANCTUARY POLICIES KILLED MY DAUGHTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Laken Riley Act, drafted by Sen. Katie Britt<\/a>, R-Ala., and signed by Trump, mandates that an illegal immigrant be held for federal transfer even if the individual is only accused and not yet convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n

Medina-Medina is charged with first-degree murder<\/a>, attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a weapon and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n

He was picked up for shoplifting several years ago, which has brought the central issue of the Laken Riley Act into the discussion surrounding the situation.<\/p>\n

Medina-Medina was due in court Monday for a detention hearing, <\/strong>but <\/strong>was being quarantined, leading the judge to continue the case, as Chicago police sources told Fox News the illegal immigrant could possibly have tuberculosis.<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Matt Finn and Philip Bodinet contributed to this report<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker office broke its silence on the murder of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, who was allegedly killed by Venezuelan national Jose Medina-Medina, telling Fox News Digital they are grieving the young woman\u2019s death and that President Donald Trump is wrongly politicizing tragedies like it. Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old from Yorktown Heights, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}