As President Donald Trump takes office this week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pledging to uphold state laws relating to immigration amid White House pressures.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is already butting heads with the Trump administration about immigration and more.

Gov. JB Pritzker criticized President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday, which aims to end birthright citizenship, a policy long protected by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Donald Trump’s administration is lying to you,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a press briefing. “The White House’s attempt to walk back what they did today does not match what we saw on the ground.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson have both said they are prepared to confront President-elect Donald Trump's policies head-on. But it is unclear how Trump will make good on his promises of retribution,

In the face of a Trump administration directive to investigate state and local officials who don’t toe the line on the president’s orders on immigration, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said they will stand up for law-abiding residents regardless of their legal status.

The White House says deportation flights have begun. In Illinois, the Pritzker administration is conducting a “know-your-rights” campaign for foreign nationals in the country illegally. At an unrelated event Friday,

ICE did not disclose the number of arrests but emphasized their focus on "potentially dangerous criminals." Gov. JB Pritzker, meanwhile, criticized the move.

“The actions taken yesterday are a callous disregard for the rule of law and a drastic abuse of power that will harm millions of Americans across the country,” Skye Perryman, the head of the group’s legal representation, Democracy Forward, told Reuters.

A judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s move to freeze funding for all federal grants and loans. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered a brief administrative stay on the Office of Management and Budget’s effort to stop funding to federal grant contracts.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s funding freeze for numerous grant and aid programs, but Chicago-area nonprofits and residents remain hugely concerned.