(a) No agent or agency shall condition the provision of City of Chicago benefits, opportunities, or services on matters related to citizenship or immigration status unless required to do so by statute, federal regulation, or court order.
(b) Where presentation of an Illinois driver's license or identification card is accepted as adequate evidence of identity, presentation of a photo identity document issued by the person's nation of origin, such as a driver's license, passport, or matricula consular (consulate-issued document), shall be accepted and shall not subject the person to a higher level of scrutiny or different treatment than if the person had provided an Illinois driver's license or identification card except that this subsection (b) shall not apply to the completion of the federally mandated I-9 forms.
(c) No agent or agency shall coerce, including through the use of improper or unlawful threats of deportation, or engage in verbal abuse of any person based upon the person's or the person's family members' actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status.
For purposes of this section, "family member" means a person's (i) mother, father, spouse, brother or sister (including blood-, step-, or half-), son or daughter (including blood-, step-, or half-), father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild; or (ii) court-appointed legal guardian or a person for whom the person is a court-appointed legal guardian; or (iii) domestic partner or the domestic partner's mother, father, brother, sister (including blood-, step-, or half-), son, or daughter (including blood-, step-, or half-).
(Added Coun. J. 3-29-06, p. 74325, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 26; Amend Coun. J. 1-27-21, p. 26741, Art. I, § 1)