Homeland Security Sues Illinois Over Worker Plan

Homeland Security is suing Illinois for effectively protecting illegals from a new federal crackdown, the Chicago Tribune reports. A DHS plan has companies submit data on workers, but Illinois' governor says the Feds are too slow and no good: "The Internet-based program has a less than 50 percent accuracy rate and takes 10 days to get results," a spokesperson said.

At issue is an Illinois law that demands a quick turnaround by the Feds on 99% of cases submitted. Chertoff, who says bosses have sent in 2.9 million worker queries nationwide, attacks state politicos as hypocrites: "They're now coming back and saying, 'We want you to enforce the law, but we don't want you to do anything that would actually lead to enforcement.' " (More immigration stories.)