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Illinois Democrats tell feds to stop trying to 'usurp' state authority over immigration
Illinois Democrats tell DOJ and DHS that state sanctuary laws, including TRUST Act and Chicago Welcoming City Ordinance, follow constitutional requirements.
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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state
The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...
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DHS chief Kristi Noem highlights Illinois immigrant arrests, as Dems defend state's legal sanctuary policies
Standing in front of a cache of fentanyl, guns and cash that were recently recovered in Illinois, Noem came to Lombard and ...
‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday refuted claims that President Donald Trump could force Texas Democrats to return to their ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
U.S. Supreme Court could rule on Texas lawsuits brought in Democratic-led state courts
If courts in Democratic-led states don’t honor a request by the Texas House of Representatives to domesticate civil warrants ...
Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot
Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 ...
Texas asks Illinois court to help it round up absent Democratic lawmakers
A lawsuit filed Friday in downstate Adams County seeks an order recognizing civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House ...
Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a ...
Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows filed suit in a heavily Republican, rural part of the ...
Texas Democrats in Illinois, Rainbow PUSH celebrate Voting Rights Act
Texas House Democrats in Illinois say they are committed to staying out of their state until the special session ends August ...