Another Setback for Trump Administration in Chicago Sanctuary Litigation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions

The Trump administration has not fared well in the litigation challenging its immigration enforcement policies.  This is the case in the administration’s efforts top de-fund sanctuary jurisdictions that do not fully cooperate with federal immigration officers.  The losses in courts in California, Chicago, and Philadelphia are piling up.  Here is the latest.

Bloomsberg reports that a Federal District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago v. Sessions yesterday issued a 58 page ruling rejecting the U.S. Justice Department’s plan to withhold law enforcement grants from so-called sanctuary cities and applied thes ruling nationwide.  The city of Chicago had sued the Justice Department, arguing that it’s policies of policing and cooperating with immigrant communities must be upheld. Chicago refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities about the immigration status of a suspect unless they are a known gang members or violent felons.

KJ