Biden Judge Kills DOJ Lawsuit Against Illinois Sanctuary Policies
The Trump administration has struck another obstacle placed by a federal judge appointed by Biden who rejected legal action this week which sought to limit the laws on the Illinois sanctuary which prevent local police from cooperating with the federal immigration authorities.
Friday, the judge of the district court of the Northern Illinois, Lindsay C. Jenkins, rejected the complaint, filed against Illinois, Chicago and representatives of the government, judging that local orders are legitimate protections not subject to the federal application mandates.
In its February file, the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) accused the State and the City of illegally interfere with the efforts of the administration on illegal immigration while it continues to carry out mass deportations.
As the hill reported, Illinois prevents local officials from providing information on immigration “not accessible to the public”, while Chicago prohibits managers from responding to mandate information without mandate. State agents are also prohibited to comply with immigration prisoners.
The MJ alleged that these laws and policies were in contradiction with the “supremacy clause” of the American Constitution under the tenth amendment. It stipulates, argued by lawyers, that the federal law pre -empt the state and local laws which can come into conflict with it.
The Trump administration also argued that these laws were an “intentional effort” to deny the federal immigration laws and claimed to have facilitated the return of criminals to the public.
Judge Jenkins, however, did not agree, claiming that the tenth amendment protects people from the exaggerated federal government and supports the local law to apply the law to avoid working with immigration and customer application (ICE) and other federal agencies.
“This would allow the federal government to requisition states under the cover of intergovernmental immunity – the exact type of direct regulation of states prohibited by the tenth amendment,” Jenkins wrote in his decision.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, praised the decision in a post on X and said that the city was safer when the police focus on local police.
“This decision says what we have known for a long time: that the welcoming order of the city of Chicago is legal and supports public security,” said Johnson. “The city cannot be forced to cooperate with the reckless and inhuman immigration program of the Trump administration.”
The decision of the Illinois judge will have an impact on the similar proceedings brought by the administration in other jurisdictions. As Breitbart News reported, the United States Supreme Court in a June decision has limited the power of local district judges to issue certain orders that have an impact on all of the United States.
However, as Breitbart News also reported, criticism say that “militant judges” “go beyond their authority” and block Trump’s agenda on a variety of new policies brought by the president.
The Trump administration is continuing several jurisdictions on sanctuary policies, the most recently, New York City this week. Other combinations include Los Angeles and New York and Colorado states.
The Attorney General Pam Bondi noted in a position on X that New York hinders the police with his sanctuary policies.
“If New York leaders do not go to protect their citizens, we will do it,” she wrote.
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