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DOJ Sues Illinois Governor Pritzker over State Law Restricting Immigration Arrests

HeadlineDec 24, 2025

The Justice Department is suing Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, challenging state laws that restrict immigration arrests at courthouses, hospitals, daycare centers and public universities. ICE’s so-called Operation Midway Blitz has led to the arrest of more than 4,000 people in the Chicago area; data shows that only 15% had criminal offenses, which are mostly comprised of minor traffic offenses, misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies. Jillian Kaehler, a spokesperson for Pritzker, said, “The Trump administration’s masked agents are not targeting the 'worst of the worst' — they are harassing and detaining law-abiding U.S. citizens and Black and brown people.”

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