Congresswoman Mary Miller, R-Ill., is calling on sheriffs in her state to defy Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker by refusing to comply with the state’s sanctuary laws and instead uphold federal immigration law. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Pritzker, who is seen as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, has continued to fight the administration, even denouncing Trump as an "authoritarian" and calling for mass protests to disrupt the president’s agenda, saying Republicans "cannot know a moment of peace."
The Democratic governor has also vowed to resist the administration’s immigration agenda and has said that Trump and border czar Tom Homan are "the ones who are threatening people."
ICE has said that state and local policies inhibiting law enforcement from cooperating with ICE endangers federal agents and communities by allowing public safety threats to walk free.
The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed legal charges against Pritzker, Johnson and several other Chicago officials for refusing to honor ICE detainers, which the department said, "obstructs ICE from assuming custody of an alien in a safe and controlled manner."
In its filing, the DOJ said that "when a detainer is not honored or an alien is released from a non-federal facility without notification or transfer to ICE, ICE must conduct investigations and perform targeted enforcement actions to re-apprehend the alien. And while ICE is undertaking re-apprehension efforts, the alien remains at-large in the community and free to commit further crimes or otherwise threaten public safety."
DHS UNLEASHES POSSIBLE MONEY-SAVING MEASURE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS TO SELF-DEPORT: 'SAFEST OPTION'
U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) gives remarks after receiving an endorsement during a Save America Rally with then-former President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022 in Mendon, Illinois. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
"Our communities are being overwhelmed, innocent girls are being raped, and Americans are being ruthlessly murdered," she added. "These are the tragic consequences of his failed leadership."
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"We must act now before one more innocent American life is lost or harmed," she said.
Pritzker's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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