Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Sessions
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 15, 2017No. Case No. 17 C 5720PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Harry D. Leinenweber, Judge, United States District Court
This case involves the intersection between federal immigration policies and local control over policing. Defendant Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, the Attorney General of the United States, seeks to impose new conditions on an annual federal grant relied on by the City of Chicago for law enforcement initiatives. These conditions require additional cooperation with federal immigration officials and directly conflict with Chicago’s local policy, codified in its Welcoming City Ordinance, which restricts…
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