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[url="http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-scores-legal-victory-in-sanctuary-city-battle-with-sessions/]Chicago scores legal victory in sanctuary city battle with Sessions[/url]
The battle is far from over, but Jeffrey 'The Gnome' Sessions loses the initial sanctuary-city round in federal court.
09/15/2017
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions
The city of Chicago has scored an initial legal victory in court Friday as a federal judge granted most of its requests to freeze what it called U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ “unprecedented seizure of power” as he tries to deny federal law enforcement grants to sanctuary cities like Chicago — a victory that will apply for now to sanctuary cities nationwide fighting the Trump administration effort. Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday afternoon said the city “will never relinquish our status as a welcoming city.” “This victory today is not just about Chicago,” Emanuel said at City Hall press conference. “From coast to coast no one will be forced to make a false choice.” Chicago sued Sessions last month over new conditions tied to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. One would require the city to give the feds, when requested, a 48-hour heads up of the scheduled release date and time “of an alien in the jurisdiction’s custody.” Another requires federal access to “any correctional or detention facility in order to meet with an alien . . . and inquire as to his or her right to be or remain in the United States.” U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber granted the city’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent those first two conditions from going into effect.
The battle is far from over, but Jeffrey 'The Gnome' Sessions loses the initial sanctuary-city round in federal court.