Protests in Illinois against immigration enforcement, left; Daniel Biss, right. (Getty Images)
Biss said he did so in order for residents to "protect themselves" from federal law enforcement.
"We've been doing everything we can to protect our residents from before Donald Trump took office, passing strong sanctuary laws to make sure police are not cooperating with federal civil immigration enforcement," he added.
Biss explained he ordered Evanston’s license plate cameras turned off after learning the data was being shared.
Unlike red light cameras, which issue tickets, license plate readers are often used to collect and store vehicle data for later retrieval.
In some cases, state or federal law enforcement might use the data to track a suspect’s known vehicle, finding that it navigated a certain interchange at a specific time.
Fox News Digital reached out to Biss for further comment but did not hear back by press time.
In a separate video Biss recorded while leaving a Mexican Independence Day parade in Chicago, he said he used his "rapid response training to keep an eye out for potential ICE personnel" during the event and "if possible, keep people safe from attack."
"My responsibility was to see which masked individual might, with no warning, just grab people off the street [or] which uniformed personnel might, without warning, attack our people."
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"We're going to remember for a long time what we did in this moment. Let's do the right thing," Biss said.
When an X account tied to the Republican National Committee accused Biss of wrongly obstructing federal procedure, he offered a veiled slam at President Donald Trump in return:
"Hey, speaking of obstructing things, how’s it going with releasing the Epstein files?"
Separately, Biss added, that authoritarianism is not creeping into society, but "is here."
"History will remember how Chicago stood in solidarity in this moment. Stay strong, stay safe," he said.
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