Understanding Pritzker’s Dangerous Immigration Game

Border Patrol agents on the East Side of Chicago faced an angry mob this week after executing a “precision immobilization technique” (PIT) maneuver on a vehicle with two suspected illegal aliens. That common border law-enforcement technique is apparently more novel in Chi-town, but in any event it’s just the latest clash between immigration officers and protestors, seemingly egged on by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker — an aspiring 2028 Democratic presidential candidate (catch the wink at the 24 second mark).

Here’s the governor’s apparent immigration enforcement gambit for those playing along at home.

J.B. Pritzker

Pritzker won his first gubernatorial election in 2018, defeating then-incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner by a country mile.

It was his first electoral victory (he finished third in a race for the Democratic nomination for Illinois’ 9^th congressional district in 1998), but he had plenty of other successes before taking the helm in the Land of Lincoln, serving as a partner in Pritzker Private Capital, a venture firm.

Venture capitalists provide seed money for promising high growth ideas and can best be thought of as consummate risk-takers.