Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Tuesday restricting immigration authorities’ ability to make arrests outside of state courthouses and making it easier for residents to sue immigration agents for violating people’s rights.
“We know that this new set of laws can’t mitigate all of the harm,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, “but it gives us new protective tools and is a symbol of our shared action against those terrorizing our communities and our state.”
State lawmakers passed the collection of amendments to the state’s immigration law in October as the Trump administration ramped up its immigration enforcement efforts in the state. The White House has singled out Chicago in particular, launching a surge of immigration enforcement earlier this year that officials dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.”…