The Trump administration demanded the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, claiming that its sanctuary city policies are preventing federal authorities from imposing immigration laws.
The Federal Demand is the first of the Justice Department of President Donald Trump against the states or municipalities that have the policies of the current sanctuary.
The 22 -page demand, presented one day after a sanctuary jurisdiction directive was issued by the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, on his first day at work, claimed that the sanctuary policies established by the state of Illinois , the city of Chicago and Cook and Cook County “obstruct” the federal government to enforce immigration laws.
“The contested provisions of Illinois, Chicago and Cook Count necessary for federal officials to be necessary for federal officials to carry out the Federal Immigration Law and keep Americans safe, ”says the lawsuit.
The demand is the last vehicle that the Trump administration is used, since its impulse of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants progresses. You can also ask questions about the future application of a directive issued days after the inauguration, when Trump’s White House instructed the Department of Justice to investigate state or local officials that resist the application of federal immigration laws.
The cities or sanctuary states are not official terms. The labels refer to a state, city, county or municipality that has promulgated laws that avoid or limit or limit or limit local officials to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The demand specifically refers to the “Illinois trust law, the” Ordinance of the Welcome City “of Chicago and the” Cook County Policy to respond to the ice stopators “.
The Illinois Trust Law, promulgated in 2017, “prevents the State and Local Police from the law of the law to help the federal government with the application of civil immigration, but allows coordination when there is a federal criminal order,” according to a Informative sheet describing the law provided by the Office of Democratic Governor JB Pritzker.
The “Ordinance of the Welcome City” of Chicago and Cook County policy essentially explain that same mission.
Demand seeks a temporary and permanent blockade in the application of the three policies.
In a statement to NBC News, Pritzker spokesman Alex Gough said the State will fight against demand.
“The Illinois Bipartisan Trust Law, signed by a Republican governor, has always complied with the federal law and is still today. Illinois will defend our laws that prioritize police resources to combat the crime while allowing the State Police to help arrest violent criminals, ”said Gough. “Instead of working with us to support the police, the Trump administration makes it more difficult to protect the public, as well as when Trump forgave the violent criminals sentenced on January 6. We hope to see them in court. “
A spokesman for the mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson did not immediately answer the questions about the demand.
Johnson and other Chicago officials have remained fiercely challenging against Trump in immigration matters.
In the weeks after Trump’s victory in November, the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, said the city “will not be folded or break” in its sanctuary laws.
And last month, the Council of the City of Chicago rejected a proposal that would have relieved the laws that prohibit city officials cooperating with federal immigration authorities that are addressed to people involved in violent crimes.
Trump entered with Chicago about the same problems during his first administration. The city was the site of one of the first important execution actions of the administration after Trump swore.
