Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker signs law shielding immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges.

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ICE's "Operation Midway Blitz" arrested more than 4,000 people; data showed about 15% had criminal records, mostly misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-law-shields-immigrants-from-arrest-rcna248308

[sakabatou]

1. And ICE will ignore the law

like they do so many others.

[mucifer]

2. Exactly, they aren't following the orders from a judge in Illinois not to use tear gas and other

things.

BUT, Governor Pritzker needs to do all he can even if it won't work.

[orangecrush]

4. Until they get arrested

Mugshot and fingerprinted.

[Jose Garcia]

14. Such a law would be unconstitutional

[MichMan]

3. That isn't going to stand

If an immigrant and a US citizen both commit a violent crime at a college, only the citizen can be prosecuted?

[orangecrush]

5. That's what normal police are for

[MichMan]

6. Why not just eliminate the entire DOJ then?

No federal law enforcement needed since normal police can handle everything. Redundant, just like the Dept of Education, right? Shift it all to the states.

[orangecrush]

7. ICE isn't arresting them for commiting crimes

They're arresting them for being brown.

[MichMan]

8. The OP states "shielded from federal enforcement"

I didn't see where it said it was limited only to ICE

[Anxy]

10. What does the text of the law say?

?

[MichMan]

12. My reply is in reference to the OP as written

If they miscategorized what it actually says, the reporter should perhaps find a new line of work.

[Anxy]

9. The kind of crime you describe is a state crime

Illinois would arrest them.

[MichMan]

11. I suspect that a court would overturn it based on equal protection amendment grounds as being unconstitutional

It codifies different enforcement criteria based on immigration status. According to this new law, a citizen can be arrested at a college campus for violations of federal law, while an immigrant can't. I don't believe that would be constitutional. That is even assuming that a state law can usurp a Federal law, which it can't.

IMO, it should have stated that no federal laws are enforceable, period, and not carve out an exemption for different classes of people. As is it appears to be discriminatory.

[Anxy]

13. The article is awful. The law is fine

The article is either link bait or a sloppy job. It makes it seems that as if the law prohibits anything federal.
The law actually only prohibits civil arrests well explicitly saying that it doesn’t apply to crimes . and not just against people who are not US citizens or exclusively against immigrants .
https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1312enr.pdf

[Cha]

15. TY & Gov Pritzker Kick!