Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher shredded Illinois Democrats over the team’s planned exodus to Indiana.
“I don’t like them leaving Soldier Field,” Urlacher told Fox News Digital. “I can’t picture them playing anywhere. It doesn’t matter if it’s Indiana or somewhere in Illinois, I can’t picture them leaving Soldier Field.”
Pointing to Gov. JB Pritzker, the Democrat-led state legislature, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Urlacher was critical of the politicians for not striking a stadium deal to keep the Bears in town, while spending billions of dollars on illegal immigrants in support of their sanctuary state policies.
“I just don’t see how as a state, legislator, governor, city mayor, how you can let this team leave the state of Illinois, or even be a topic of discussion,” Urlacher said. “You do what you have to do to keep the Bears there.”
Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher spoke out against Illinois Democrats for giving billions of dollars to illegal immigrants, while the Bears now plan to move to Indiana because Illinois failed to pass a tax relief and stadium incentive bill.
“They just don’t care.” pic.twitter.com/XTjpBfCcOQ
— Jackson Thompson (@JackThompsonFOX) June 11, 2026
“You look at all the money they’ve given to illegal immigrants and the money they’ve set aside for that, it’s like $2.5, $3 billion that they’ve spent on the illegal immigrants,” he added. “That money could be for the Bears, could be trying to keep them, not for the Bears, but trying to keep their stadium in town, instead of keeping people that aren’t supposed to be in our country here.”
The state was projected to spend between $2.5 billion and $3.2 billion on services, healthcare, and support for migrants and illegal immigrants from 2022 to the end of 2025, Fox News reported, citing the Illinois Public Policy Institute.
“The fans, we have some of the best fans in the world for any sport,” Urlacher said. “If I was those guys, I would probably do what I had to do to keep them in the state of Illinois. Maybe not at Soldier Field, because that was already off the table, but they had Arlington Heights planned out. They have the land bought already. Find a way to keep them there, and they have — they just don’t care.”
Urlacher voiced his support for President Donald Trump, but wasn’t sure if there was a path for the president to intervene to keep the Bears home.
“Anything that President Trump does, I’m on board with,” Urlacher said. “Everything he’s done so far has been great, so just keep it up.”
“I don’t think he has that — I mean, he probably has all the power in the world,” he continued. “He could do that if he wanted to, but I don’t know if that’s in his realm or not.”
Here’s a sampling of responses to the story — including social media users who feel sports teams should not be getting stadium deals — as seen on X:
@GovPritzker is to blame. He had to take care of his precious illegal voters.
— SKWalker 🇺🇸 (@skwalker117) June 11, 2026
They care more about their voters- illegals and criminals- than they do the citizens of the state. Kinda seems like yall should have figured that out by now…
— Nunya (@NunyaBidness74) June 11, 2026
— gmco57 (@dbackg) June 11, 2026
Honestly, these stadiums should stand on their own. Why should tax payers money go to them. In any state. People want to keep their money not be taxed more for billionaires to put up stadiums. Can we move beyond bread and circus please.
— Veronica (@right558) June 11, 2026
In my opinion, no professional sports team should be getting any tax relief. If the small business owners across the country don’t get those same privileges then the billionaires who own those teams shouldn’t either.
— Freed Ninja (@freezymfe) June 11, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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