{"id":28210,"date":"2025-02-06T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T00:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=28210"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:28:47","slug":"trump-administration-sues-city-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/trump-administration-sues-city-of-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration sues Chicago over its \u201csanctuary city\u201d policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump administration sues Chicago over its \u201csanctuary city\u201d policy, which makes immigration enforcement more difficult. Photo: Gage Skidmore. Wikimedia commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The United States Department of Justice<\/a> filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago for failing to cooperate and hindering the work of federal immigration authorities due to their \u201csanctuary cities\u201d policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawsuit seeks to block state and local protections for undocumented immigrants and asks judges to overturn and declare unconstitutional the provisions that exist at the state and local level to protect this population.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Chicago, claims that sanctuary laws, such as Illinois\u2019 TRUST Act, prevent state and local law enforcement from assisting in the enforcement of federal civil immigration laws and violate the \u201cSupremacy Clause\u201d of the U.S. Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The document accuses the state and its governor, as well as the city of Chicago and its mayor and police superintendent, and Cook County, which includes Chicago, its commissioners and its sheriff.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenged provisions of Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County law reflect their intentional effort to obstruct the federal government\u2019s enforcement of federal immigration law and to impede consultation and communication among federal, state, and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for federal officials to implement federal immigration law and keep Americans safe,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 22-page document specifically references Illinois\u2019 \u201cTrust Act,\u201d Chicago\u2019s \u201cWelcoming City Ordinance\u201d and Cook County\u2019s \u201cPolicy for Responding to ICE Detainers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Illinois\u2019 Trust Act, enacted in 2017, \u201cprevents state and local law enforcement from assisting the federal government with civil immigration enforcement, but allows coordination when a federal criminal warrant is in place,\u201d as do Chicago\u2019s \u201cWelcoming City Ordinance\u201d and Cook County\u2019s policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chicago Law Department said it is reviewing the complaint and will respond \u201cin due course\u201d after a full review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChicago is and will continue to be a welcoming city, with welcoming people working alongside their neighbors to build strong communities where families can still be raised,\u201d said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a brief statement, Johnson stressed that the safety of Chicago residents remains his administration's priority.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChicago will continue to protect our city\u2019s workers and defend itself against attacks on our long-held values. Chicago will remain focused on our priorities. We will continue to invest in mental health, youth employment, and affordable housing,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that immigrant rights groups in Chicago have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the president's plans for immigration raids have targeted the "Windy City" because of its sanctuary status.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> San Mateo County to maintain protections for vulnerable and marginalized groups despite new federal priorities<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escucha esta nota:   El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos present\u00f3 este jueves una demanda contra el estado de Illinois y la ciudad de Chicago por no cooperar y dificultar las labores de las autoridades de migraci\u00f3n federales, debido a su pol\u00edtica de \u201cciudades santuario\u201d. La demanda busca loquear las protecciones estatales y locales […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usworld","8":"category-migracion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28244,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28210\/revisions\/28244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}