Overview
- Pritzker signed a slate of bills that require hospitals, schools and childcare centers to safeguard immigration-status information and prepare for enforcement encounters.
- One new law prohibits civil immigration arrests at court hearings and within court buildings in Illinois.
- The package authorizes civil lawsuits against law enforcement officers who violate Illinois or U.S. constitutional rights.
- The action follows Operation Midway Blitz, a two‑and‑a‑half‑month ICE and CBP operation in the Chicago area that resulted in thousands of arrests.
- The signing comes after an executive order creating a commission to record alleged civil rights abuses, as Republican critics warn the laws could obstruct federal enforcement.