Each county in Illinois also has a sheriff. The sheriff is an elected position, and sheriffs serve a four-year term. Cook ...

As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public officials in Chicago have been scaling up protections for immigrants. Both Chicago Mayor Brandon ...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters Johnson and the mayors for three other major cities – ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation ...

The Trump administration is suing Chicago over what are known as sanctuary laws. The administration claims the nation’s third ...

President Donald Trump’s administration went to court Thursday to challenge sanctuary policies in the state of Illinois, Cook ...

The lawsuit comes as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee next month.

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois for sanctuary policies that ...

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...

This lawsuit will put the spotlight on obstruction by state and local officials and their refusal to support the administration and compliance with the law,” a DOJ official told The ...

The Trump administration stepped up its legal fight over the president’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants by suing ...

JB Pritzker have both vowed to leverage state law to limit such arrests, leading the Trump administration to sue the state, Cook County and Chicago last week over their respective sanctuary laws.