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State Week: At war with Washington

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

Gov. JB Pritzker appeared before a congressional committee this week. Things got testy between the Democratic governor and Republican House members over sanctuary policies.

This comes as the Trump Administration has ramped up enforcement of illegal immigration, taken control of the California National Guard and ordered Marines to that city.

The week will end with numerous protests against Trump planned across Illinois and the country.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Chicago Tonight's Heather Cherone.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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