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Lake Bluff trustees discuss ordinance to restrict use of village property and resources for civil immigration enforcement; no vote
Summary
At a Nov. 10 Committee of the Whole meeting, Lake Bluff trustees heard a legal briefing on the Illinois Trust Act and the limits of municipal authority to restrict federal civil immigration activity, requested staff revisions to a draft ordinance to clarify scope (property, personnel, vehicles) and signage, and took no formal vote.
Lake Bluff trustees on Nov. 10 continued discussion of a draft ordinance intended to limit how village property, personnel and resources can be used to support federal civil immigration enforcement, but they did not vote and directed staff to revise the draft.
Village Attorney Peter Friedman opened the discussion with a legal overview, telling trustees that anti‑commandeering principles under the U.S. Constitution and the Illinois Trust Act constrain local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement. “Local law enforcement agencies cannot detain or continue to detain any individual solely on the basis of an immigration detainer,” Friedman said, summarizing the state restrictions he outlined in a memorandum circulated to the board.
The memo and Friedman’s remarks described tools municipalities have used elsewhere — ordinances, resolutions, executive orders or manager administrative actions — and highlighted a common municipal step: prohibiting use of municipal…
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