It’s now up to the Illinois Supreme Court to decide if a recently enacted state law limiting where people can file constitutional challenges against the state to Sangamon and Cook counties, not any of the other 100 counties.
"The language in the 14th Amendment is clear and unambiguous. If you are born in this country, you are a citizen of this country," Raoul said of President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit claims President Donald Trump's executive order is unconstitutional.
Illinois sues Trump over birthright citizenship Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined three other attorneys general in suing President Donald Trump over the constitutionality of his executive order that would end birthright citizenship,
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined three other states Tuesday in suing President Donald Trump to stop an executive order that fails to recognize the children of immigrants without legal status as U.S. citizens.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is one of almost two dozen attorneys general to file suit against President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship.
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are criticizing President Donald Trump for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit, along with three other states, challenging the executive order ending birthright citizenship signed by President Donald Trump on Monday.
Illinois joined three western states on Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Illinois is suing to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, while state leaders brace for potential raids aimed at removing individuals in the U.S. without legal documentation.
Everson Pierce, 28, is charged with being the organizer of a continuing financial crimes enterprise and for being the manager of organized retail crime. He is also charged with four counts of theft between $500 and $10,000 and two counts of money laundering.