SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging local school districts to adopt clear policies spelling out how and when their staff should cooperate with federal immigration officials carrying out enforcement actions or seeking information from school officials.
The Attorney General of Illinois is among those filing lawsuits against President Donald Trump in response to the executive order on birthright citizenship he signed Monday. Kwame Raoul joined his counterparts in Washington state,
A Republican state senator says migrant sanctuary policies enacted by Illinois Democrats are “getting people killed.” Illinois law prohibits local and state law enforcement from communicating or assisting federal immigration authorities.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker had more scathing words for President Donald Trump Thursday. During a press conference in Chicago, Pritzker accused the president of not following the law, most notably through Trump’s series of executive orders he signed Monday after he took office.
"The language in the 14th Amendment is clear and unambiguous. If you are born in this country, you are a citizen of this country," Raoul said of Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that removes some protections for the LGBTQ community. A leader of an Illinois LGBTQ advocacy organization is advising people how to respond.
Illinois will joins several other states to stand against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement plan.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 10 other Democratic-led states on Thursday said the Trump administration could not “commandeer” state and local law enforcement for its federal immigration enforcement efforts.
I don't sit around thinking about the hypotheticals,” Johnson said in an interview with WBEZ Thursday as he defended the city’s law protecting undocumented immigrants.
A US district judge has temporarily restrained President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, labelling it unconstitutional.
Many leaders say their policies to limit local cooperation with federal immigration officials stand. But signs of division have emerged.