[7] Rodriguez Sanchez would later sponsor legislation to close loopholes in Chicago's sanctuary city ordinance, and the strengthened protections were signed into law in February 2021.
[10] She joined all five other members of the Socialist Caucus in signing a letter to Lightfoot which criticized her budget for "an over-reliance on property taxes" and "regressive funding models" that are "burdensome to our working-class citizens, while giving the wealthy and large corporations a pass.
[12][13] After the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Rodriguez Sanchez introduced the Bodily Autonomy Sanctuary City Ordinance.
In the context of the Israel-Hamas war, she was criticized for endorsing the slogan "From the river, to the sea"[15] in November 2023 and for tweeting "Free Palestine" during Iran's April 2024 missile attack on Israel.
[16] In May 2024, Debra Silverstein, the City Council's sole Jewish member at the time, accused Rodriguez-Sanchez of using an anti-semitic dog whistle in soliciting recommendations for an "anti-Zionist pediatrician" in a Facebook post.