The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Chicago, accusing the city of illegally obstructing deportation efforts of undocumented migrants. This action coincides with a legal challenge to Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, which was deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge in Seattle.
President Donald Trump 's administration filed a lawsuit against Chicago, a designated sanctuary city, on Thursday, alleging that it is unlawfully hindering deportation efforts of undocumented migrants. This legal action comes as Trump's campaign to overhaul immigration and citizenship policies in the United States encountered a legal setback. A judge in Seattle criticized his 'unconstitutional' attempt to abolish birthright citizenship through an executive order.
The Department of Justice's lawsuit against Chicago and the state of Illinois aims to invalidate measures preventing police from arresting individuals based solely on their immigration status and from restricting the information they share with federal authorities. Major cities like Los Angeles and New York, which also have significant immigrant populations, have similar policies in place. \The lawsuit cites Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the US southern border and an executive order he signed asserting that migrants pose 'significant threats to national security and public safety.' It further states, 'Further exacerbating this national crisis, some of these aliens find safe havens from federal law enforcement detection in so-called Sanctuary Cities where they live and work among innocent Americans, who may later become their crime victims.' Trump repeatedly claims that undocumented migrants are disproportionately responsible for crime, despite research indicating that US citizens commit more offenses per capita. \The lawsuit, filed in an Illinois court, requests an injunction against the enforcement of these measures, arguing that they contravene the supremacy of federal law. Trump, who has pledged mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, has long threatened legal action against sanctuary states and cities, which are predominantly Democrat-led. Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, stated, 'Sanctuary cities are a sanctuary for criminals. We're going to hold sanctuary cities accountable.' A spokesperson for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's office expressed their intention to challenge the lawsuit in court, stating, 'Unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law.' \Meanwhile, in Seattle, a federal judge extended a previous injunction on an executive order signed by Trump during his first week in office, which aimed to terminate the over-century-old practice of granting citizenship to everyone born on US soil. US District Judge John Coughenour, presiding over a case brought by several states and civil rights groups, declared the order unconstitutional and criticized what he deemed as an unlawful executive. \Coughenour, an appointee of Republican former president Ronald Reagan, stated, 'It has become ever more apparent that to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals.' He added, 'The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain.' Trump's order attempted to redefine the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, arguing that the right does not apply to the children of individuals who are not permanent residents and citizens. \Coughenour asserted that the Constitution was unambiguous. He said, 'If the government wants to change the exceptional American grant of birthright citizenship, it needs to amend the Constitution itself.' He emphasized, 'That's how our constitution works, and that's how the rule of law works.' Coughenour's ruling followed a federal judge in Maryland who also issued a nationwide injunction on the executive order the previous day
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