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Cook County, Illinois et al v. Wolf et al

  1. August 17, 2021

    Ill. Judge Tosses States' Public Charge Defense Takeover

    An Illinois federal judge threw out a coalition of red states' bid to defend the Trump administration's public charge rule Tuesday, saying the states' explanation for arriving late to the litigation was "diametrically opposed" to the rationale behind a similar intervention.

  2. June 16, 2021

    Cities Rebuff Texas' Bid To Reinstate Public Charge Rule

    Chicago, Los Angeles and other U.S. cities slammed a Texas-led coalition's request that an Illinois judge consider reinstating the public charge rule, which critics described as enacting an immigration wealth test, saying the policy's revival would profoundly impact their immigrant communities.

  3. May 13, 2021

    Texas Leads Intervention Bid In Illinois Public Charge Row

    Texas, Arizona and other conservative-leaning states have asked an Illinois federal judge to reconsider his decision vacating the public charge rule, and to allow the states to intervene so they can represent the since-abandoned view of the federal government defending the rule.

  4. November 02, 2020

    Ill. Judge Again Strikes Down Public Charge Rule Nationally

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday vacated a rule penalizing immigrants for using public assistance programs, rejecting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's assertion that he should limit the ruling to Illinois and not set it aside completely.

  5. October 30, 2019

    DHS Can Try To Halt Ill.'s Immigrant 'Public Charge' Injunction

    An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can try to stay a statewide injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a rule penalizing immigrants for using public assistance programs, despite Cook County's argument the move comes too early.

  6. October 29, 2019

    USCIS Says Blocking Public Charge Rule Will Cost Money

    A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services official said the longer courts block a policy penalizing immigrants for using public assistance programs, the more the agency risks spending on training personnel to enforce the policy.

  7. October 15, 2019

    2 More Judges Block Trump's 'Public Charge' Rule

    Federal judges in Illinois and Maryland blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a rule penalizing immigrants for using public assistance programs, joining courts in New York, California and Washington who halted the policy before it could take effect Tuesday.