A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

Pritzker provided the committee with a five-page opening statement, in which he’ll highlight the state’s response to the migrant crisis and tout that crime is down in Illinois, in an effort to tackle the unproven rhetoric that immigrants who lack legal status are a major source of violence.

GOP lawmakers repeatedly suggested that Pritzker’s policies made it possible for immigrants to enter the U.S. to carry out crimes like murder.

J.B. Pritzker during a U.S. House hearing on migrant sanctuary states. When confronted with the state’s negative population trends at Thursday’s hearing, Pritzker pushed back against U.S. Rep. John McGuire,

Rep. Brandon Gill dredged up the eight-year-old tweet from Pritzker during a heated House Oversight Committee hearing with sanctuary state governors.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, testify on Capitol Hill over immigration policies.

Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York, JB Pritzker of Illinois and Tim Walz of Minnesota appeared before the House Oversight Committee amid protests around the country over ICE raids.