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Here's what we're looking at.

>> The administration is violating our Constitution.

>> One-on-one with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

He talks immigration enforcement, federal funding freezes and more.

>> I take this responsibility with commitment pass it.

>> And what's changed in the last year for people returning to their communities after being incarcerated.

We hear from the head of Chicago's Office of Reentry.

>> First off tonight, the family of the woman killed by federal immigration agent in Minneapolis last week is retaining the same law firm that represented the family of George Floyd.

And they're speaking out in a statement from those attorneys, Renee Nicole goods, parents and siblings say, quote, We want to thank everyone who has reached out in support of Renee and our family, the kind of an ending care we've been given during this time is exactly the kind that she gave to everyone May was the beautiful light of our family and brought joy to anyone.

She met attorney Antonio Romanucci says his Chicago based firm is seeking transparency in the case and plans to share information as the investigation continues.

This comes after a Justice Department official said the department does not believe there's a basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into goods, killing, though an FBI probe is ongoing.

Romanucci and other attorneys for George Floyd's family won a record.

27 million dollar wrongful death payout from the city of Minneapolis.

Illinois residents who don't have a real ID will have more opportunities to get them before the Transportation Security Administration's $45 penalty kicks in.

>> For many residents getting a real ID isn't about willingness or need.

It's about having the time.

So if you work weekdays, if you care for kids, can take time off.

The process can feel stressful and out of reach.

That's the time tax.

And it's one of the biggest barriers to real ID compliance.

>> Secretary of state Alexi Giannoulias says for the first time the state's downtown real ID Supercenter will have Saturday hours for the next 3 Saturdays between now and January 31st.

The TSA's new penalty fee becomes effective February 1st to help folks get the necessary documents.

The Cook County Clerk's office is also offering Saturday hours and the 15 Chicago area dmvs that already have Saturday hours are adding more than 500 new appointments.

The secretary of state says 5 million Illinois residents have gotten the real ID so far making the state 44% compliant.

Supreme Court ruling means the issue of counting late arriving mail-in ballots, heads back to court.

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan joined the 6 conservatives in reversing a lower court rulings that had tossed the case out previously for a 72 vote.

The high court ruling means that Congressman Mike Bost of Illinois does have the legal right to challenge the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day under Illinois law ballots postmarked on or before Election Day can be counted as long as they arrive within the following 2 weeks, the justices did not decide on that claim but will hear another case on the broader issue of late arriving ballots this spring.

Up next, Illinois's attorney general talks about taking on the Trump administration right after this.

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>> Illinois is locked in a series of legal battles with the Trump administration.

The lawsuits range from issues like the federal government, freezing billions of dollars for childcare and family services to what the state calls aggressive and unconstitutional immigration enforcement.

It's made for an increasingly tense relationship between Illinois and Washington, D.C., joining us is Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

Welcome back.

Thanks for joining us.

Thanks for having Ok, so suing the Trump administration over federal immigration agents, quote, menacing violence and unlawful incursion in Illinois, violent raids and encounters with immigration enforcement have been well documented, of course, since the start of Operation Midway Blitz to name a few course, undocumented Villegas Gonzalez was fatally shot by an ICE agent in suburban Franklin Park.

That was in September, Miramar.

Martinez was shot 5 times while she was tracking agents back in October in the city of Chicago and Poets and mother Renee Nicole.

Good being shot and killed in Minneapolis last week in the driver seat of her car.

The state of Minnesota are yes.

The state of Minnesota has filed its own separate lawsuit against the federal government on somewhat similar grounds as the state of Illinois.

What does the suit claims the impact of these federal actions?

Well, it's it's tough.

disruptive to communities with.

>> Where >> You know, roving patrols are happening.

>> The it's it's violative of the constitution of our sovereignty as a state of Maine to being able to maintain peaceful.

Communities and and it's inconsistent it.

violative of the Administrative Procedures Act because it's inconsistent with what Congress had intended intended for.

Border Patrol officers or do we do that on the border?

Border Patrol?

It's not.

It's not supposed be in the business of removing immigrants the interior.

They're supposed to be in and the border.

it's important to note we've got our lawsuit is not saying that immigration enforcement should not happen.

course it should happen.

That's happened with every presidential administration.

>> you know what?

want to call enforcement and removal officers who have traditionally done that or on the into are trained to do so.

It's targeted inforcement with compliance with, you know, not being violative of peoples privacy.

Not jus doing sweeps and asking everybody whether or not they are citizens of the United States and that and it's important to note that also that not recent.

A lawsuit that went up to Supreme Court with regards National Guard, Justice Kavanaugh concurring opinion.

a footnote.

We reversed on the position that he had taken earlier that people could be stopped on the basis of their race and with regards immigrations stops.

He said the Trump versus Illinois case regarding National Guard that that should not.

Be happening yet.

It is.

>> So many cases make their way.

You know, we just referenced another case that had, you know, has made its way to Supreme Court that win over mail-in election, a mail-in ballots from Illinois.

Congressman, my boss.

I mean, is this the kind of thing that could you could also see before the Supreme Court just because that the Trump administration it is known for appealing a ruling that it does not like.

>> Quite possibly.

You I look knowledge that this is the first of this type of case we filed it.

And later in the day on Monday, the state of Minnesota, my colleague Keith Ellison, filed a very similar complaint, different facts on the ground, but some similar Minnesota and California in North Carolina and other jurisdictions and so this is a novel case, right?

And so we anticipate, you know, with the gating this engaging in discovery.

The great thing about the process we we've we've worked overtime on this and it's an getting information from the public about some of the horrific experiences that they've endured at the hands of of ICE and CBP agents.

>> Yesterday, Professor Harold Credit, he joined us here on the show to discuss this lawsuit and how it might clash with the U.S.

Constitution's supremacy clause.

Here's what he had to say.

>> What the lawsuit are saying is that this use of aggressive tactics are trying to browbeat the states into abandoning their come soon worry all seas or century city policies to protect migrants within the communities and then the use of tactics to effect.

thing is actually at We should the Constitution because the rights protected under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.

>> How does Illinois sanctuary policy fit within the protections of the 10th Amendment?

>> Well, you know, it was Justice Scalia, it said in case us V Prince that the federal government.

cannot commandeer states state and local resources do what is the federal government's work?

The 10th Amendment gives us our solitude gives gives us a states states rights that he used to be that Republicans would advocate for the protection of state.

So writes, We have the responsibility for keeping peace within our communities pursuant to to the 10th Amendment.

And when these agents come in and day disrupt our communities.

That has impact on our resources.

What that's what our police officers have to do.

You know must commend our local law enforcement from state police to Chicago Police broadview police and other a suburban police departments have done a tremendous job of having to respond.

2, 2, 2, some hot situations.

>> In a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin had this to say about the lawsuit.

Quote, it is really astounding that the left him recklessly rediscovered the 10th Amendment when they don't want federal law enforcement offers to him for officers to enforce federal law, which is a clear federal responsibility.

Under article one, article 2 and the Supremacy Clause and then go right back to federalizing every state responsibility possible when they get back in power, spare us.

>> Well, you know, the 10th Amendment never went anywhere.

The 10th Amendment has been an existing Sturgis, violating it as been violating other provisions of the Constitution that give Congress the power legislate.

Congress has given the parameters for what a border patrol officers should be doing.

We are not again, we are not on the border.

are far away from aboard a they're supposed to be the tactics that they use on the border may be appropriate for the board and that's even questionable.

But they certainly not appropriate for them to appropriate for within the city of Chicago.

You cannot be going into people's homes and to private properties should not be disrupting courthouse is schoolhouses and >> child care centers with just sweeps.

>> We're I'm conflicted in.

And I wonder if this you know, to some degree where DHS spokesperson McLachlan was going with this is, you know, this concept of states rights, right?

Because when we hear about the dissolution of the Department of Education, for example, in education going back to the states as Secretary of Education.

Linda McMahon is advocating that make some people concerned because there are some states that have notoriously not done so well with education.

The equalizer right yet.

Sometimes those states which are typically typically read, would rather have a state's right there.

And in this case, it is a blue state making an argument for states rights as well.

Well, you never see that sort of juxtaposition.

Well, she's if look at like dismantling of the Department of Education.

>> It's not really a states rights question.

It's it's a question of violating what a separation of powers the Congress has created, though those departments and if you want to dismantle it, you have Congress has to approve that exactly.

And likewise, Congress have set parameters immigration enforcement.

The suit should take place.

And and you should have a bye >> President Trump has also frozen 10 billion dollars in federal funding for social safety programs.

Only in 5 Democratic let states Illinois included you and the attorneys general of those other states were able to obtain that two-week temporary restraining order, which you've got about a week and a half left which bars the bars, the federal government from the holding those dollars.

In the meantime, one of the claims that you are making in that suit, but it's actually it's violative of the the common theme many of the 50 lawsuits.

>> Of the Administrative Procedures Act that it's arbitrary and how they're doing it.

But its also political retribution just 5 states.

It's a fishing expedition.

They're saying this is about.

Fraud or potential fraud.

But it's just tough.

It fishing expedition.

We have systems in place to make sure that people who are receiving these benefits, people sorely need these benefits.

Truly need them and truly qualify for them.

Could there be a case here?

They are aware somebody scams, the system.

Absolutely.

And We actually partner.

With the federal government investigating sometimes prosecuting such such fraud.

So this notion of just targeting Democrats states and saying you're freezing funds and asking for, you know, something that cannot be printed produce possible producing and 2 week period of time and shouldn't be produced is is just targeting its political targeting.

>> Your office also released a report this week that found that for sheriff's offices in the state had complied with either an immigration detainer or civil immigration warrants, which is a violation of the state's trust act, which we've been talking about, the sanctuary state What has communication from your office been like to those counties to ensure that they're complying?

Yeah.

these are reports that come in from the various counties.

So they're self reporting too, to us.

And so.

>> You know, we communicate back want state.

A lot us that there may have been a violation as too how to avoid a hat.

It happening again.

We're not in the business of trying to go around to it 102 counties to to every county and try and the same way as I I just criticize with regards to the hhsa freezing.

To to to, to try to screen what every sheriff's office is, what we don't have the capacity to do that.

But these are situations where we've been alerted and we try to work with law enforcement partners and into making sure they're abiding by the state law.

>> couple seconds left AG.

Do you anticipate that you will be, you know, it involved in courtroom battles with this administration for the remainder President Trump's term.

>> It's looking that way.

I mean, you know, and it's not because I'm looking for battles with the Trump administration, but its because Constitution and our laws are being violated much rather work with the federal government as we do.

We work with local law enforcement on the local level, enforcement that as well.

We'll have to leave it.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul role.

Thank you for joining us.

Good to see Thank you.

>> Up next, the head of the city's office of Reentry on Resources for formerly incarcerated individuals.

People impacted by the justice system are the sole focus of Chicago's office of Reentry.

The office is tasked with providing access to services and investing in formerly incarcerated people, including housing, mental health services and job training and its leader Joseph Maps is out with the office's first year and report.

Joining us now is Joseph Map skews me one map, director of Chicago's Office of Reentry.

Howard, I'm loving this thing called life you.

I'm great.

Thank you for So when you visit this time last year, you are fresh on the job.

The office had been dormant for 3 years.

>> What were some of the challenges over this past year.

>> So one of the challenges worse, making sure we heard from the people who are at greatest impacted.

So we had to deliver Billy unintentionally me 30 community-based organizations meet with the Illinois Department of Corrections to talk to not only to staff, but those who are preparation for returning home with juvenile detention centers and also Cook County jail.

So just making sure we heard from everyone to inform this work was deliberate and sometimes paints stake the slow.

>> Among the highlights of this first to report that you just released yesterday are finishing an RFP for Chicago's first women focus Community Reentry, support center, raising the standard of care and accountability across city funded reentry, support centers and most recently, a $600,000 Micro Grant Program to help organizations expand their services.

Let's talk about some of those.

What are some of the unique challenges that women face when their re-entry necessary?

what we found is 75% of women who are incarcerated mothers to children 18.

>> So and we recognize and that's when they return home, then not only trying to stabilize to sales, but they're trying to stay family.

So that in itself is very important to being the son of a single one of the I recognized the struggles that women face without being incarcerated.

incarceration compounds that we want to make sure we're here to support that transition.

How long before we can see a center and in effect for those with best great the center will be open tomorrow.

rights.

It's about looking at everybody.

We're breaking news over here.

Okay.

So we're gonna come back to Have you been able to improve care and support at the city funded reentry centers?

Yes.

And our partnership with Department of Family and Supportive Services.

We have been working.

There million to reentry support centers that acted as hope.

What we did with these organizations was developed, protocols taken in has serviced and every we didn't did not want them just rest bag, transactional support, a transformational.

We want them to walk with individual student process recommended some that each individual situation is different and unique.

So what that means, that means, you know, adding additional staff with specific training or that were.

So expended just funding to CRA season.

What that looks like us.

We're created of collaborative ecosystem where not only will it be reliant on the CRA seasonal community-based organizations are partners and not solely that.

Just like you hear Mayor Johnson say all that.

I missed whole of government approach.

So we're bringing more city departments to the table to create pathways for individuals return.

And then there's the returning with Hope Micro Grant Program.

What kind of support is that providing?

So most importantly mental health support is normally stigma task and people who've been engaged in institutions, 10 try to separate from those structures.

We want to create a space where people can heal income team where we can introduce different modalities for that type of support and organizations have been doing this work.

This is not a new created.

initiative will what it is a way to support these organizations so that work can continue.

Tell us about that work.

I know we talked about this last time.

You're here.

You're formally formally incarcerated system impacted, served 20 plus years in prison.

What are some of the needs that that folks half when they return to community that these organizations are providing a meeting.

And so of the most important things you can offer tangible supports house and thoroughly needed.

You can offer workforce development and transitional jobs and even permanent placement.

But we think about emotional intelligence when we think about family reunification, we think about how the into personal skills to engage with people in ways that can help us be successful.

Even when people I've not treating us the most kind.

these are important because that supports job retention that supports family reunification and that supports community to build that.

That was a significant effort on our part.

There are 111 community-based organizations that offer reentry programming with 40 of those having engagement with your office.

>> What you think returning home in with 111 organizations working on this.

Right.

Like you think the problem would be, you know, fairly soft.

Why do you think returning home for from incarceration continues to be such a challenge for people.

>> So just keep this ideal seized Illinois Department of Corrections.

Population, at least 44% of that population returns to Chicago.

That's a large number one ideal see have really 16,000 individuals in one year.

organizations to 111 organizations to strive.

Entire asked to do this work need support.

And when you have a collaborative effort when you have ecosystem, now's supportive systems and do not go on to you last.

That's why my office worked with CTA public awareness campaign so we can make sure those returned to Chicago are aware of what services are available for.

>> How's your office?

Has you say you're incorporating input from the people who are system impacted into the work that you're doing?

Thank you for that question.

One of the first things my office has done was a conveyed this to be a committee.

That's a mixture of system impacted individuals and those that have been doing this work.

We recognize that the funds of knowledge rest throughout the city of Chicago is not one particular place that holds our wisdom.

So we lane into the support so we can make sure that informs the work and the direction that this office move today.

>> The General Assembly recently passed the Clean Slate Act during the veto session in this helps people to receive automatic records ceiling for certain offenses.

Of How's the city?

How's your office?

Working with state lawmakers to further support re-entry?

>> So thank you for that question.

We have individual, office, Hadley Levin, she's in charge of policy and she's building now.

She's working with the Mask Office policy team as well as community-based.

They coldest advocates we're meeting with alderman now so we can begin to address some of these challenges.

Dead may be a systemic and creating barris intentional or unintentional.

We want to remove those so we can and also sad that our partners in Art Circuit court have been working with partners and state's attorneys office.

Public defender's office.

We ensured that we work hard to make sure that everyone at the table.

Every voice is left up so we can approach this with it's.

>> It's all legal system.

Yes, yes, it is That's where we'll have to leave.

It doesn't Think you so much for joining Thank you for having me to do that.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

>> Reflecting the people and perspectives that make up can This story is part of Chicago tonight.

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>> And that's our show for this Wednesday night.

Join us tomorrow night at 5, 30 10.

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins us to discuss her latest venture documenting alleged abuse by federal immigration agents.

Now for all of us here in Chicago Brandis Friedman, thank you for watching.

Stay healthy and safe and have them.

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