‘Violence And Intimidation’: Illinois Sues Trump Over Immigration Enforcement
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The people of Illinois are being intimidated and terrorized by the Trump administration’s “coordinated campaign of violence” in the state, Gov. JB Pritzker says.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the State of Illinois sued the Trump administration Monday for what it says is the Department of Homeland Security’s “dangerous use of force” and “coordinated campaign of violence and intimidation” dressed up as legitimate immigration enforcement.
“The Trump administration has unleashed an organized bombardment on the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago, causing turmoil and imposing a climate of fear,” the lawsuit alleges. “Though Defendants describe this assault as ‘immigration enforcement,’ the reality is that uniformed, military-trained personnel, carrying semi-automatic firearms and military-grade weaponry, have rampaged for months through Chicago and surrounding areas, lawlessly stopping, interrogating, and arresting residents, and attacking them with chemical weapons.”
Moreover, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents — overseen by Border Patrol official Greg Bovino and DHS Secretary Krisiti Noem — are part of an “occupation” in Chicago and its suburbs that is ultimately meant to “coerce” state officials into abandoning their own immigration policies, the lawsuit alleges.
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday.
In recent months, Chicago has seen the Trump administration send immigration agents to storm apartment complexes, deploy chemical agents near schools and even handcuff a Chicago city council member at a hospital. At least two people have been shot by agents, and over 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since a crackdown began in September.
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