AG Raoul to jointly file two new lawsuits over federal immigration enforcement threats that could slam Illinois' budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Soon after Noem's decision, DOT Secretary Duffy issued a letter to grant recipients informing them of his intent to require all state and local governments to assist in federal immigration enforcement as a condition of obtaining DOT funds.
55% : Each agency has imposed sweeping new conditions that would require the states and state agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts or lose out on billions of federal dollars that states use to protect public safety and transportation infrastructure.
51% : States rely on billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to help our residents recover from natural disasters and emergencies, and to keep them safe as they travel our roads, railways and the skies," Raoul said.
43% : AG Raoul to jointly file two new lawsuits over federal immigration enforcement threats that could slam Illinois' budget Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - Posted by Rich Miller Attorney General Kwame Raoul, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, announced today they will file two separate lawsuits against the Trump administration for attempting to illegally coerce their states into sweeping immigration enforcement by threatening to withhold billions in federal funding for emergency services and infrastructure.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.