Cook County, Illinois slides toward full-blown insurrection as judges attempt to halt immigration enforcement – RedState
Cook County, Illinois, appears to have entered a veritable state of insurrection against federal authority. In the wake of a federal judge breaking federal law and ruling that the president could not mobilize Illinois National Guard troops to protect American property in Illinois, others have jumped on the bandwagon.
BACKGROUND:
Illinois takes a cue from the California/Oregon playbook as two judges issue National Guard TROs – RedState
New: 7th Circuit grants Trump admin stay request in Illinois National Guard case – in part – RedState
The first strike was announced when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was barred from entering Broadview City Hall, and Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said he would remove fences and crowd control barriers erected by ICE because they had been erected “without a permit”; see Illinois City Kicks DHS Secretary Noem Out of City Hall, Intends to Tear Down Barricades Set Up by ICE – RedState.
Biden appointee LaShonda Hunt has now ordered the removal of protective barriers around the Broadview ICE building. This is a move that seems calculated to increase violence and the likelihood of creating martyrs for the left, because there is no public good in the order. In a statement from Border Patrol Commander-in-Chief Gregory Bovino, it was acknowledged that the fences came down shortly before midnight Tuesday.
“We kept that fence as long as we could. Up until the very last hour last night, that’s how important this fence was to us…” The fence around the Broadview ICE facility was ordered by a judge. @CMDROpAtLargeCA » said even if this will not deter them from protecting the… pic.twitter.com/0plflWYw1P
– Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) October 15, 2025
We kept that fence as long as we could. Until the very last hour last night, that shows how important this closing was for us…
This is a situation where I disagree with the Trump administration’s policy of complying with all court orders, no matter how bizarre. The correct answer, in my opinion, was “If you are looking“This decision was an obvious political decision that puts law enforcement and protesters at increased risk. It does not deserve to be respected.
The last pieces of fencing had barely slammed to the sidewalk when a Cook County judge, I repeat slowly, a Cook County judge, banned ICE agents from making immigration-related arrests in all Cook County courthouses, at courthouse entrances, on sidewalks outside courthouses, and in courthouse parking lots.
Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people in courthouses. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a immigration crackdown in recent months.
Detention of residents outside the court is a common tactic by federal agents, who have been stationed for weeks outside county courthouses, making arrests and attracting crowds of protesters.
The order, which was signed Tuesday evening and took effect Wednesday, prohibits the civil arrest of any “party, witness or potential witness” during court proceedings. He understands arrests made in courthouses and in parking lots, surrounding sidewalks and driveways.
“The fair administration of justice requires that the courts remain open and accessible, and that litigants and witnesses be able to appear without fear of civil arrest,” the order states.
I don’t know how this order is legal, given the whole Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution, or how the judge thinks he can enforce such a ridiculous order. I suspect he knows he can’t and is hoping ICE will, rightly so, ignore him so he can hold a press conference and ramble about “muh democracy”.
I’m not sure the Trump administration’s reluctance to play nice with the courts will work in the long run. As I pointed out in Federal Judges Blame Trump and SCOTUS for a Problem They Created; We need to fix it Now federal judges are ignoring Supreme Court orders because there is no penalty for it. Even though the Ninth Circuit stopped Gavin Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of the California National Guard (see Breaking: 9th Circuit Issues Stay Pending Appeal in CA National Guard Case, Handing Trump a Big Win – RedState), an Oregon judge ignored the ruling and blocked the federalization of the Oregon Guards. Judge Hunt’s reasoning on the Broadview fence is a classic example of working backwards from the decision in a pathetic and fruitless search for facts to support it.
If judges have decided to take sides and be political actors, they should be treated as such.
At some point the administration has to say that district judges’ decisions are cute and all, but the process is so partisan and corrupt that it only obeys the orders of the circuit courts and the Supreme Court.
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