CHICAGO (WLS) -- The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling made in a lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary city policies, the I-Team has learned.

The DOJ's lawsuit filed back in February had accused the local, county and state governments of blocking federal immigration law, specifically rules in place preventing local and state law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement, as well as the sharing the status of criminals in custody/when they would be released.

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U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins dismissed the lawsuit back in July, ruling, "(T)he United States lacks standing to sue... with respect to the Sanctuary Policies."

"(T)he Federal Government may not compel the States

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