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The Trump administration’s battle with Democratic-controlled jurisdiction and their sanctuary policies was hit on Friday, when federal judges in Chicago rejected a case that challenged their legality.
President Biden’s appointee, Judge Lindsay Jenkins of the Northern District of Illinois, granted the defendant’s motion to fire and held that the city’s ordinance is a legal protection that is not subject to federal enforcement obligations.
The Trump Justice Department filed in February accusing Illinois and the city of Chicago of illegally obstructing President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants seeking to deport Massachusetts.
Illinois US District Judge Lindsay Jenkins has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block Chicago’s restrictions on cooperation between local police and federal immigration officials. (Getty, US Senate)
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Sanctuary City or Sanctuary policies limit local officials and cooperation with law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The Trump administration has long opposed the measure, claiming that they have made such a sector a paradise for illegal criminal immigration and contributed to the rise in crime.
The Justice Department has argued that these laws violate the “superist clause” of the U.S. Constitution under the 10th Amendment, and that federal law precedes state and local laws that may contradict it.
However, Jenkins refused to debate and found that the state holds important powers that are not expressly recognized by the federal government.
“When we discover that these same policy provisions constitute discriminatory or unacceptable regulations, it provides a final implementation around the 10th Amendment,” the judge wrote. “It would allow the federal government to command the state under the guise of intergovernmental immunity – a direct regulation of the exact type of state prohibited by the 10th Amendment.”
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) agent, along with other federal law enforcement, will be attending a pre-enforcement meeting held in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, January 26th, 2025 (via Getty Image by Christopher Diltz/Bloomberg).
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The Chicago City Council passed the ordinance in 2012, preventing city agencies and employees from participating in enforcing citizen immigration and making such efforts to support federal authorities. The Illinois Legislature passed a similar state law known as the Trust Act in 2017.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he was happy with the decision and that the city would be safer when police focused on Chicagoan needs.
“This ruling affirms what we have known for a long time. I assert that Chicago’s welcome city ordinance is legal and supports public safety. The city is not forced to work with the Trump administration’s reckless and inhumane immigration agenda,” he said in a statement.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on the left said he was happy with the decision and that the city would be safer if police focused on Chicagoan needs. (Thrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service by Getty Images, Left, and Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images.)
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The Trump administration has sued several jurisdictions over sanctuary policies, including this week’s submission to New York City. The administration also sued several New Jersey cities and Los Angeles.
Attorney General Pam Bondy said the federal government has no option but to protect New Yorkers by filing a lawsuit.
“If New York leaders don’t step up to protect their citizens, we will,” she wrote to X.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to the report.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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