The federal government is seeking to have the Illinois TRUST Act and Chicago and Cook County's sanctuary ordinances ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state has done nothing but follow the law, but the Department of Justice says the opposite ...

The Trump administration stepped up its legal fight over the president’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants by suing ...

SPRINGFIELD — Jeanette Byrd went from grandmother to guardian when the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ...

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Illinois and Chicago, arguing that their immigration policies interfere with federal enforcement efforts.

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a so-called “sanctuary city.”  Accusing the officials of ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Illinois Gov.

A group of Chicago aldermen want to ban people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building — including ...

The lawsuit accuses city, county, and state authorities of ‘minimally enforcing—and oftentimes affirmatively thwarting’ federal immigration law.

The Trump administration has sued Illinois and Chicago, alleging its laws are impeding on federal efforts to enforce ...