{"id":12134,"date":"2025-06-12T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:27:37","slug":"pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Pritzker to Tell Congress “Both Parties Are to Blame” for Broken Immigration System"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"image_print\"Print<\/span><\/a><\/div>

By BEN SZALINSKI<\/span>
\n<\/span>Capitol News Illinois<\/span>
\n<\/span>bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gov. JB Pritzker will tell a congressional committee Thursday that America\u2019s immigration problems are a result of a bipartisan failure to reform the country\u2019s immigration system and secure the country\u2019s borders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In more than five pages of written testimony submitted by the governor to the U.S. House Oversight Committee ahead of hours of questions from lawmakers, Pritzker detailed how Illinois responded to the migrant crisis and the rationale for Illinois\u2019 \u201csanctuary state\u201d law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can have a secure border while also having real immigration pathways that allow people to come here, work, and support themselves on a reasonable timeline,\u201d Pritzker wrote. \u201cOur prosperity and our national security demand it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pritzker was summoned to Washington, D.C. alongside fellow Democratic Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Kathy Hochul of New York at the behest of congressional Republicans seeking answers about sanctuary state polices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe governors of these states must explain why they are prioritizing the protection of criminal illegal aliens over the safety of U.S. citizens, and they must be held accountable,\u201d committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky, said in a <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a> earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pritzker\u2019s appearance before the committee follows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who detailed Chicago\u2019s Welcoming City ordinance to the legislative panel in March. It also comes after days of protests, including in Chicago, over President Donald Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s tactics for arresting and deporting noncitizens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the center of Thursday\u2019s hearing is Illinois\u2019 TRUST Act \u2013 the 2017 law signed by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner that prohibits Illinois law enforcement from detaining a person based solely on their immigration status. Pritzker wrote in his testimony that this law does not interfere with federal immigration laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIllinois follows federal and state laws and will continue to do so,\u201d Pritzker wrote. \u201cWe expect the federal government to do the same. Federal officials should operate in Illinois, as they do in every state, to enforce federal immigration policy, but we will not divert our limited resources and officers to do the job of the federal government when it is not in the best interest of our state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Pritzker reiterated, as he has publicly in Illinois several times since November\u2019s election, that he supports deporting violent people who are in the U.S. without legal permission. He clarified that there are situations where Illinois law enforcement can assist federal immigration authorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the federal government has a judge-signed warrant for a criminal\u2019s arrest, we work to assist them, regardless of that criminal\u2019s immigration status,\u201d Pritzker wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The governor wrote Illinois\u2019 TRUST Act is an important tool to foster a trusting relationship between immigrants living here illegally and police that pays off in solving crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pritzker\u2019s written testimony also sought to push back on allegations that sanctuary polices have made Chicago and Illinois more dangerous. The governor detailed his administration\u2019s investments in policing and gun violence prevention, particularly as Illinois dealt with an influx of migrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Illinois saw more than 50,000 asylum seekers and other migrants arrive in the state beginning in August 2022, Pritzker wrote, mostly via transportation provided by Texas. Migrant arrivals in Illinois subsided in early 2024, but during that time, Pritzker often begged President Joe Biden\u2019s administration to step up efforts for immigration reform and quell the influx of migrants into Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrivals put an \u201cunprecedented strain\u201d on the state, Pritzker wrote. The state, Chicago and Cook County spent hundreds of millions of dollars in response to the influx.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIllinois filled in the gaps where federal immigration policy failed, ensuring that people were not starving on our streets as they were processed through our broken immigration system, sought asylum, applied for other forms of immigration relief, or went through removal proceedings,\u201d Pritzker said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Migrants without housing are now in Chicago\u2019s homeless shelters as the surge of arrivals has subsided, Pritzker wrote. However, Illinois is still set to spend $40 million on Welcoming Centers in fiscal year 2026, according to the <\/span>budget<\/span><\/a> awaiting Pritzker\u2019s signature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though he wrote \u201cboth sides are to blame\u201d for the nation\u2019s immigration issues, Pritzker wrote \u201csome border state governors and mayors\u201d chose to \u201ctreat people as pawns.\u201d Pritzker and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott frequently butted heads during the migrant surge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pritzker wrote he hopes the hearing \u201cwill be a productive step towards much needed bipartisan reforms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But the hearing could also involve political fireworks. Pritzker has been one of the most outspoken Democrats against Trump, even invoking comparisons to Nazi Germany during his February State of the State address. He\u2019s also believed to be interested in inheriting the White House from Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s administration has fired back and criticized Illinois\u2019 immigration laws. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited Springfield last month to bash Pritzker on immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more: <\/b>Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis\u2019 rise to power<\/b><\/a> | <\/b>DHS Secretary Kristi Noem\u2019s Illinois stop on immigration laws called \u2018publicity stunt\u2019<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Pritzker will face some of Congress\u2019 most outspoken personalities on both sides of the aisle who have been assigned to the committee, including Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Schaumburg Democrat, is also on the committee. Krishnamoorthi is running for Illinois\u2019 open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.\u00a0 Pritzker endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the primary race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com\u00a0 Gov. JB Pritzker will tell a congressional committee Thursday that America\u2019s immigration problems are a result of a bipartisan failure to reform the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPritzker to Tell Congress "Both Parties Are to Blame" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pritzker to Tell Congress "Both Parties Are to Blame" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\"},\"headline\":\"Pritzker to Tell Congress “Both Parties Are to Blame” for Broken Immigration System\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":960,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pritzker to Tell Congress \\\"Both Parties Are to Blame\\\" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg\",\"width\":1140,\"height\":760},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pritzker to Tell Congress “Both Parties Are to Blame” for Broken Immigration System\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\",\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/greg_sapp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pritzker to Tell Congress \"Both Parties Are to Blame\" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pritzker to Tell Congress \"Both Parties Are to Blame\" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","og_description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/","og_site_name":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","article_published_time":"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1140,"height":760,"url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Greg Sapp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Greg Sapp","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/"},"author":{"name":"Greg Sapp","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1"},"headline":"Pritzker to Tell Congress “Both Parties Are to Blame” for Broken Immigration System","datePublished":"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/"},"wordCount":960,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/","name":"Pritzker to Tell Congress \"Both Parties Are to Blame\" for Broken Immigration System - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-12T13:27:37+00:00","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PRITZKER-JN-0371.jpg","width":1140,"height":760},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/12134-pritzker-to-tell-congress-both-parties-are-to-blame-for-broken-immigration-system\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pritzker to Tell Congress “Both Parties Are to Blame” for Broken Immigration System"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","name":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","width":272,"height":69,"caption":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1","name":"Greg Sapp","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/author\/greg_sapp\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Greg Sapp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12142,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions\/12142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}