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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking to block the Trump administration from withholding $54 million from the state that would aid crime victims.

The administration is seeking to withhold the funding due to Illinois’ immigration enforcement policies that prohibit state law enforcement from working with immigration officials in some circumstances.

The lawsuit is one of 35 that Raoul has filed or joined against the Trump Administration.

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SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday that he has joined a multistate lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to support crime victims in Illinois due to the state’s policy on imm

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