J.B. Pritzker

Illinois

Department of Justice sues Pritzker, Raoul over law barring federal immigration actions at courthouses

Mary Norkol

The law bars immigration enforcement from taking place inside or within 1,000 feet of state courthouses. The federal government claims states can’t dictate where federal agents make arrests.

Jose Jeronimo Guardian, 48, was detained for deportation in the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Carlyle, as his daughter watched. The men who arrested Guardian declined to identify themselves and took him out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Guardian is undocumented and was attempting to go to a Spanish-language traffic court for charges unrelated to his immigration status.

Illinois

Pritzker signs bill enacting immigrant protections in courthouses

Brenden Moore

Law also allows residents to sue immigration agents for violating constitutional rights

Illinois

Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

Mawa Iqbal

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a hand-drawn self-portrait by Yesenia Diaz, who’s incarcerated downstate.

Gov. JB Pritzker, lawmakers and immigration advocates discuss the federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in his Springfield office on Oct. 30, 2025.

Illinois

Pritzker ramps up accountability panel focused on alleged ICE abuses

Brenden Moore

New appointments come as federal immigration raids ease in Chicago

Illinois

Pritzker discusses immigration crackdown with Pope Leo XIV in Rome

Brenden Moore

The governor also extended an invitation to the Chicago-born pontiff to visit his hometown

Illinois

House transit bill ‘not going forward,’ Pritzker says as he opposes new revenue forms

Ben Szalinski

Governor says ‘a lot of discussion’ needed to move funding plan forward

Illinois

Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents

Maggie Dougherty

The Illinois Accountability Commission will seek public input of misconduct by federal agents

ICE agents detain on protester and push back other protesters at the intersection of East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Protesters gathered as ICE awaited the removal of its vehicle after it crashed during a pursuit.

Chicago IL (area)

Commission documents alleged abuses by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz, governor says

Dave McKinney, Mohammad Samra

Governor JB Pritzker made the announcement during a morning news conference in the Loop.

Gov. JB Pritzker and wife MK are pictured at an event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield in April 2024.

Illinois

Pritzker tax summaries show more than $10M in 2024 income — not including trusts

Ben Szalinski

Pritzker is one of the wealthiest elected officials in American history

A cropped screenshot of Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account shows his Wednesday MSNBC interview telling President Donald Trump to “Come and get me.”

Government & Politics

As Trump says Pritzker ‘should be in jail,’ Illinois’ governor taunts: ‘Come and get me’

Brenden Moore

War of words escalates as Texas National Guard arrives in Chicago ahead of hearing