Adam Edelman is a politics reporter for NBC News.
The Trump administration sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, alleging that their sanctuary city policies are blocking federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws. The federal lawsuit is the first by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice against states or municipalities that have sanctuary city policies in effect. The 22-page lawsuit, filed one day after a sanctuary jurisdiction directive was issued by U.S.
” The Illinois Trust Act, enacted in 2017, “prevents state and local law enforcement from assisting the federal government with civil immigration enforcement but allows coordination when there is a federal criminal warrant,” according to a fact sheet describing the law provided by the office of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker. Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance” and Cook County’s policy essentially spell out that same mission.
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