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Feds seek to strike down IL law that threatens employers for using E-Verify
Critics have said a new IL 'workplace privacy' law sets up a 'Catch-22' for employers using E-Verify to screen out illegal immigrants, forcing them to choose to follow state or federal law. The Justice Department says the IL law trespasses onto federal authority -
Justice Department to support effort to strike down IL law pushing 'diverse' nonprofit boards
The Justice Department under President Trump has moved to intervene in the lawsuit brought against the state by the American Association for Equal Rights, seeking to overturn Illinois' law requiring nonprofits to report on the races and genders of their board members and staff. They say the law promotes intentional discrimination -
'This ends today:' DOJ asks court to block IL, Chicago from using 'Sanctuary' laws to hinder deportation of criminals
Federal lawsuit from the Trump administration asserts the state of Illinois, city of Chicago and Cook County are unconstitutionally using state laws and local ordinances to shield illegal immigrants - and particularly, illegal immigrants who have been convicted of other, violent crimes - from being removed from the U.S. -
Cushman & Wakefield, LivCor, other landlords added to feds', states' rent collusion lawsuit
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul signed onto the legal action first brought by the Justice Department vs real estate property management software vendor RealPage last summer. It now accuses six large corporate landlords of allegedly using RealPage software to set apartment rents artificially high