{"id":166184,"date":"2025-02-07T10:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=166184"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:02:35","slug":"the-department-of-justice-files-a-lawsuit-against-illinois-and-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=166184","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Justice files a lawsuit against Illinois and Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois and Chicago. The lawsuit stated that the defendants interfered with the federal government’s effort to enforce immigration laws. Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson were among the defends listed in the lawsuit. The lawsuit argued that there is an illegal alien crisis that presents the U.S. with threats to security and safety.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit filed in Illinois, against Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and others, claimed that several state and local laws are “designed to and in fact interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.”<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border on day one of his administration as part of a slew of moves to crack down on illegal immigration and increase border security. The lawsuit claims there is a national crisis of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. and presenting “significant threats to national security and public safety.”<\/p>\n

“Further exacerbating this national crisis, some of these aliens find safe havens from federal law enforcement detection in so-called Sanctuary Cities where they live and work among innocent Americans, who may later become their crime victims,” it says.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit went on to note that Prizker and Johnson have both expressed an interest in removing violent illegal immigrants from the U.S.<\/p>\n

“Well, let me start by being clear that when we’re talking about violent criminals who’ve been convicted and who are undocumented, we don’t want them in our state. We want them out of the country. We hope they do get deported. And if that’s who they’re picking up, we’re all for it,” Pritzker said last month.<\/p>\n

“There’s a federal law that clearly states if you are undocumented and you are convicted of a crime, you are subject to deportation. That’s the law. I fully expect the federal government to uphold that law,” Johnson said. “Being a welcoming city just simply states that our local police department will not behave as federal agents. There’s a clear separation of powers there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaw, A., & Spunt, D. (2025, February 6). Trump DOJ slaps Illinois, Chicago with lawsuit over sanctuary laws. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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