Attorney General Pam Bondi has told Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle that their “sanctuary” policies must end immediately.

Bondi gave the Illinois leaders, all Democrats, until Tuesday, Aug. 19, to prove they were complying with federal law and lay out “the immediate initiatives you are taking to eliminate laws, policies and practices that impede federal immigration enforcement.”

But the Illinois lawmakers are pushing back. Ann Spillane, general counsel to Pritzker, wrote a letter back to Bondi noting that Illinois follows the law.

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