The federal judge casts the trial of the “sanctuary city of the Trump of the Administration against Illinois

The Battle of the Trump Administration against the courts controlled by the Democrats and their sanctuary policies suffered a hard blow on Friday when a Federal Judge of Chicago rejected a case contesting their legality.

Judge Lindsay Jenkins from the Northern Illinois district, a president appointed Biden, granted the request of defendants in matters of dismissal, judging that city orders are legal protections not subject to federal application mandates.

The Ministry of Justice Trump, in a February file, accused the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago of illegally interfere with the repression of President Donald Trump against illegal immigration because it aims to carry out mass deportations.

US District Judge Lindsay Jenkins in Illinois rejected a trial of the Trump administration, which sought to block the limits of Chicago cooperation between local police and the federal immigration authorities. (Getty; American Senate)

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Sanctuary cities Or sanctuary policies limit cooperation between local officials and the police and the federal immigration authorities. The Trump administration has long done his words against the measures, arguing that they make these areas a paradise for illegal criminal immigrants and contribute to increased crime.

The Ministry of Justice alleges that these laws violate the “supremacy clause” of the American Constitution under the tenth amendment, which stipulates that the federal law preempts the state and local laws which can enter with it.

But Jenkins rejected the argument, judging that states retain significant powers not explicitly granted to the federal government.

“To convince that these same political provisions constitute an inadmissible discrimination or regulation would provide a final term around the tenth amendment,” wrote the judge. “This would allow the federal government to requisition states under the cover of intergovernmental immunity – the exact type of direct regulation of states prohibited by the tenth amendment.”

US Immigration and Customs Application (ICE), as well as other federal law enforcement organizations, attend a prior meeting in Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The Chicago Municipal Council adopted an order in 2012 which prevents municipal agencies and employees from getting involved in the application of civil immigration or helping federal authorities have such efforts. The Illinois legislature adopted a similar state law, known as Trust Act, in 2017.

The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, said he was satisfied with the decision and that the city is safer when the police focus on the needs of the Chicagoans.

“This decision says what we have known for a long time: that the welcoming order of the city of Chicago is legal and supports public security. The city cannot be forced to cooperate with the reckless and inhuman immigration program of the Trump administration,” he said in a statement.

The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, on the left, said that he was satisfied with the decision and that the city is safer when the police focus on the needs of the Chicagoans. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images, on the left, and Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images, on the right.)

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The Trump administration continued several jurisdictions on their sanctuary policies, including a file this week against New York. The administration also continued several cities in New Jersey, as well as Los Angeles.

Prosecutor General Pam Bondi said the federal government had no choice but to protect New Yorkers by fileing the complaint.

“If New York leaders did not intensify to protect their citizens, we will do it,” she wrote on X.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.