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Washington Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago over ‘sanctuary city' policies
A federal judge on Friday dismissed 'in its entirety' the Trump administration's lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago over 'sanctuary city' policies that the Trump administration has said impede its efforts to crack down on undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division said the Trump administration 'lacks standing' to invalidate the state, city and county laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, adding in her ruling that 'contrary to the United States's arguments, the Sanctuary Policies here do not comparably regulate [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations or meddle with the contractual rights of private individuals working with ICE.' 'The individual defendants are dismissed because the United States lacks standing to sue them with respect to the Sanctuary Policies; Cook County Board of Commissioners is dismissed because it is not a suable entity separate from Cook County … The United States's complaint is dismissed in its entirety without prejudice,' Jenkins wrote. Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has moved aggressively to crack down on immigration, targeting what he calls 'sanctuary cities,' whose policies limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, and threatening legal actions against local and state authorities who do not comply. In February, the Trump administration sued Illinois and Chicago for interfering with the federal immigration crackdown, arguing that the city's Welcoming City ordinance and the Illinois Trust Act reflects 'an intentional effort to obstruct the Federal Government's enforcement of federal immigration law and to impede consultation and communication between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for federal officials to carry out federal immigration law and keep Americans safe.' The lawsuit also named Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, and Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart. This is a developing story.
Reuters
5 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
US judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit on Illinois and Chicago over immigration
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department that accused the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago of unlawfully interfering with President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins was a setback for Trump's litigation campaign against local "sanctuary" laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
