DOJ sues Pritzker, Illinois AG over law limiting immigration actions

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Source: The Hill

12/23/25 2:57 PM ET


The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D), challenging a state law that aims to limit the scope of federal immigration action and protect people against unconstitutional conduct by agents during civil immigration enforcement.

Justice Department officials say the “Illinois Bivens Act” and the “Court Access, Safety, and Participation Act” — measures included in H.B. 312, which Pritzker signed into law earlier this month — represent an “unconstitutional attempt to regulate federal law enforcement officers” and “threaten the safety of federal officers,” who they say have seen a rise in harassment and threats of violence in recent months.

“The Department of Justice will steadfastly protect law enforcement from unconstitutional state laws like Illinois’ that threaten massive punitive liability and compromise the safety of our officers,” Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, of the department’s Civil Division, said in a statement.

The Illinois Bivens Act gives individuals the right to sue anyone who knowingly violates the Illinois Constitution or U.S. Constitution while conducting civil immigration enforcement. It aims to provide legal recourse for individuals amid concerns about the aggressive tactics used during heightened federal immigration enforcement in Illinois.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5661443-illinois-immigration-law-challenged/

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This was filed yesterday before today's SCOTUS ruling on IL NG.

[ChicagoTeamster]

1. Red states have forbidden state and local law enforcement from cooperating with ATF gun trafficking investigations

They seem to be fine with blocking the identification and prosecution of actual criminals who cause crime and mayhem on our streets

[slightlv]

2. Funny how that works, isn't it, Chicago?

Also... what happened to all their sacred States Rights beliefs? I think Pritzker took great care to protect his state and his constituents, at high danger to himself. I salute him.

[NotHardly]

3. JUST THIS...truth is inconvenient to these arses

[mahina]

5. Also, on Democracy Docket, an awesome argument about voting rights

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Reflecting on why it may be that from the right wings perspective, gun rights are an absolute unconditional protected, right, but voting rights are not.
If gun rights are absolute and unconditionally protected then voting rights must be too.

“A surprising legal principle from conservative Supreme Court gun cases could help restore the right to vote as a first-class constitutional right. Drawing on his experience arguing his fifth case before the SCOTUS, Marc Elias shows how voting has been wrongly treated as a second-class right—subject to balancing tests and state convenience—while other rights receive strict protection, and argues that the Constitution, history, and modern technology all support stronger, uniform safeguards for free and fair elections. Watch for deep insight into the US legal system, legal principles, and how we can strengthen the democratic process”

[sakabatou]

4. "How dare they make us follow the law," -DOJ, probably

[sakabatou]

9. So why isn't Birmingham, St. Louis, or Memphis invaded by the feds?

Or is it only states rights when convenient?

[J_William_Ryan]

6. "...what happened to all their sacred States Rights beliefs?"

Republicans are infamous for their hypocrisy.

[sakabatou]

8. States rights only matter whenever a repuke says so