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Sheriffs sue Illinois over law on immigrant prisoners

| March 15, 2020 12:05 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A group of sheriffs is suing Illinois to halt a 2017 law that bans police from detaining people based on their immigration status without a court-ordered warrant.

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