Kwame Raoul

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says he doesn't trust the Trump administration to only give legal orders to the troops.

A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, but she strongly urged federal officials to hold off deploying guardsmen until Thursday, when she will hear arguments in the case.

Illinois asked a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending Guard members from other states, but the judge declined to do so, for now.

The proposed rule will limit the duration of visas for international students to four years. Democratic attorneys general said it is illegal and will harm students, schools and the economy.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul urged a federal court to strike down a Department of Homeland Security policy denying bond hearings to detained immigrants in a legal brief filed Tuesday.

Illinois’ Democratic leaders showed a united front Monday against President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the military into Chicago’s streets to fight crime with one message: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday that he has joined a multistate lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to support crime victims in Illinois due to the state’s policy on immigration.

Nine states will share in a total of $720 million in a deal with eight drug-makers. Illinois has collected about $1.4 billion of the $50 billion nationwide in opioid settlements.

The suit, announced Tuesday, seeks to stop federal immigration officials from securing more health documentation or using the already obtained Medicaid records of millions nationwide to target enrollees for immigration enforcement.

Illinois joined 15 other states in suing the Trump administration over plans to return forced-reset triggers that were confiscated by federal law enforcement and once again allow them to be sold. The devices are used to make semiautomatic rifles fire faster.