DHS, White House mock Chicago's lawsuit over ICE: 'Miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment'

By Fox News · Fox News

EXCLUSIVE : Top officials in the Trump administration mocked Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the state of Illinois' lawsuit against the Trump administration over immigration enforcement activities, calling out apparent hypocrisy in their reading of the Constitution. Earlier this week, Chicago and Illinois teamed up to file a federal suit challenging what they called "illegal actions" by federal immigration agents, including interrogating people on their citizenship status without basis, deploying "noxious chemicals" in public and making civil-law arrests without warrants. A top DHS official remarked that Democrats suddenly embraced federalism, after previously seeking to grab new control of numerous aspects of Americans’ lives when they had power in Washington. "It really is astounding that the Left can miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment when they don’t want federal law enforcement officers to enforce federal law," Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said. DHS BLASTS CHICAGO MAYOR FOR COMPARING RAID LEADER TO SEGREGATIONISTS, ACCUSING HIM OF 'TERROR' "[That] is a clear federal responsibility under Article I, Article II and the supremacy clause." The 10th Amendment prescribes that any power not explicitly delegated to or prohibited by the federal government via the Constitution is a power of the individual states or the people themselves. "Then [they] go right back to federalizing every state responsibility possible when they get back in power: Spare us," she said. TRUMP ADMIN SUES ILLINOIS GOV. PRITZKER OVER LAWS SHIELDING MIGRANTS FROM COURTHOUSE ARRESTS McLaughlin said Chicago and Springfield should instead be honoring the lives of those lost to violence committed by illegal immigrants , citing a young woman named Katie Abraham killed in a DUI wreck by a Guatemalan national who was in the country illegally. DHS previously dedicated Operation Midway Blitz to Abraham, who was driving to visit the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig…