The Trump administration filed a lawsuit at the Chicago Federal Court on Thursday, claiming that the laws of the haven in Illinois, Chicago and Cook Province are impede the ability of the federal government to impose immigration policies.
The names of the cases mayor Johnson from Chicago and governments JB Pritzker from Illinois, both Democrats, along with the supervisor Larry Senning from the Chicago Police Department and other elected officials in the country. It is believed that the first legal action of the Trump administration against government officials and local officials to try to provide more assistance in implementing federal immigration.
The lawsuit confirms that the lack of local officials and government officials in cooperation with the federal implementation of immigration laws has led to “countless criminals in Chicago” who should have been deported.
Illinois and Chicago have laws to limit their cooperation with the efforts of federal agencies to deport illegal immigrants. The Illinois Trust law, which prevents local law enforcement from detention of immigrant prisoners without a court order, was signed to become a law in 2017 by former ruler Bruce Runner, a Republican.
In a statement, Mr. Pritzker said that the trust law “has always been compatible with federal law and is still today.”
He said: “Illinois will defend our laws that give priority to police resources to combat crime, while enabling law enforcement in the state to help arrest violent criminals.”
Mr. Johnson said in a statement that the city's Ministry of Law was filling the lawsuit. “Chicago will remain a welcoming city, with the welcome of people working alongside their neighbors to build strong societies where you can raise a family,” he said, and he undertakes to “defend against attacks on our long values.”
A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department said the agency does not comment on the suspended litigation.
“It reflects our long values ​​and guarantees the use of local resources to enhance public safety and society's confidence. We will review the complaint and response accordingly,” said Tony Brycinke, Chairman of the Cook County Commissioners Council, who was named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
The Ministry of Justice said last month that it could try state and city officials who refuse to help the administration in implementing the immigration agenda. On Thursday, he refused to comment on the lawsuit.
Reading policies, which often keep the local police departments of immigration enforcement activity, have been developed in many liberal cities as a way to build confidence with migrant societies. Elected officials in many cities say policies help migrants feel comfortable in reporting crimes and interacting with health departments and schools.
The Trump administration performed the enforcement of multi -agency immigration last week in Chicago, which is part of the president's pledge to carry out mass deportations for unauthorized migrants throughout the country.
Legal experts said that even if the courts find the Trump administration's executive orders on immigration constitutionally, this does not mean that they will communicate with attempts to punish government and local officials who refuse to implement them.
PRINTZ V found. UNIDISS, which is a sentence in the Supreme Court in 1997, that the mayor of the province cannot be forced to conduct reversal checks on the arms buyers.
Several invitation groups in Illinois filed a lawsuit against the application of immigration and customs last month in an attempt to prevent the agency from carrying out some immigration operations in Chicago.
Divlin Barrett and Matteias Schwartz contributed to the reports.
