US EditionTrump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
- On Thursday, the Trump administration’s Justice Department initiated a federal lawsuit against Illinois, contesting recent changes to the state’s employee privacy law that affect protections related to worker information and immigration enforcement.
- Illinois passed the amendments in August 2024, signed by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and supported by Democrats and four moderate GOP senators, aiming to protect non-U.S. Citizen workers' privacy and regulate employer use of E-Verify.
- The amendments require employers to notify workers within 72 hours of federal immigration inspections, restrict verification beyond federal law, and impose fines for violations, while allowing E-Verify use to verify employment eligibility electronically.
- The Justice Department claims the amendments violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by imposing additional requirements and penalties that obstruct federal immigration authority over Form I-9 and E-Verify processes.
- Illinois officials defend the law as ensuring transparency and fairness while respecting federal authority, and expect the judicial process to uphold the measure despite the federal lawsuit seeking to halt its enforcement.
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Trump administration alleges Illinois law interferes with immigration enforcement
In a new federal lawsuit, President Donald Trump’s administration says Illinois is undermining federal immigration laws with a measure aimed at protecting the privacy of workers who are non-U.S. citizens.
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » US DOJ: Illinois’ workplace privacy law impedes federal immigration authorityCapitolFax.com
* Courthouse News… The Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Labor, its director Jane Flanagan and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul Thursday over a state workplace privacy law it says impedes on federal immigration authority. The DOJ, in its lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois, says Illinois’ Right to [...]
Trump's DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting program meant to bar illegal alien workers
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over state efforts against businesses using a federal program meant to weed out illegal aliens from being hired and competing with U.S. citizens for jobs. Illinois officials have implemented legislation that complicates and discourages the use of E-Verify and threatens to punish businesses with fines for noncompliance. The federal government alleges that the "Right to P…
Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
President Donald Trump’s administration has filed a lawsuit alleging the state of Illinois is undermining federal immigration laws with a measure passed by the General Assembly last year aimed at protecting the privacy of workers who are non-U.S. citizens. The lawsuit is the latest challenge to Illinois’ progressive immigration policies from Trump’s Justice Department. Earlier this year, the department sued the state and city of Chicago over so-…
DOJ Alleges Illinois Workplace Privacy Law Infringes Federal Immigration Authority
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on May 1 that it has filed a complaint against Illinois and its Department of Labor, alleging that the state’s Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act interferes with federal immigration authority. The complaint, filed in the Northern District of Illinois, states that the recent amendment to Illinois’s workplace privacy law usurps the federal government’s control of employment eligibility verification. “Any sta…
Department of Justice Files Complaint Against Illinois for Encroaching on Federal Immigration Authority – DOJ
By imposing confusing rules during the employment verification process and threatening employers with penalties if they do not comply, SB0508 discourages and complicates the use of E-Verify and Form I-9 inspection requirements. E-Verify allows any U.S. employer to electronically confirm the employment eligibility of newly hired employees and Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals.
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