Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday barring civil immigration enforcement from being carried out in courthouses, while giving residents more leeway to sue federal agents over alleged civil rights violations.

The so-called ICE-out legislation was approved by state lawmakers earlier this fall in response to the enhanced immigration enforcement being carried out by the Trump administration.

Illinois’ new law, which takes effect immediately, prohibits civil arrests in or within 1,000 feet of courthouses, which have been the sites of deportation operations by federal agents in recent months.

It also requires hospitals, day care facilities and public universities to institute plans to prepare for immigration enforcement actions, and bars them from sharing most residents’ information w

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