By Dave Byrnes | Courthouse News
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago and Cook County on Thursday morning, claiming local laws designed to protect immigrants violate the constitution.
The lawsuit declares a “national crisis” of illegal immigration and asserts a need to enforce federal immigration laws.
“This action seeks to put an end to one state’s efforts to impede the federal government from doing that,” the government writes in the suit.
The government specifically claims Illinois’ Way Forward Act and TRUST Acts, Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance and Cook County’s Ordinance 11-O-73 all violate the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which establishes that federal law takes precedent over state law.