'Appropriate use of state’s constitutional power': Court dismisses challenge to Illinois' ICE ban
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Two Illinois counties went straight to court after lawmakers passed into law legislation that effectively ends immigration detention in the state. Their plan was to deal the Illinois Way Forward Act a death blow, and continue reaping in millions from fed'Appropriate use of state’s constitutional power': Court dismisses challenge to Illinois' ICE ban
Two Illinois counties went straight to court after lawmakers passed into law legislation that effectively ends immigration detention in the state. Their plan was to deal the Illinois Way Forward Act a death blow, and continue reaping in millions from federal contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But that legal effort by McHenry and Kankakee Counties has failed for now, because a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit. Injustice Watch said that the court found the law “was an appropriate use of the state’s constitutional power to prohibit counties from participating in federal regulatory programs, such as immigration detention.” Read more