SPRINGFIELD — Violent protests, legally questionable immigration raids, and the deployment of National Guard troops without the governor’s approval will be at the forefront of state lawmakers’ minds when they return to Springfield on Tuesday.

“Lawyers in my office are researching other things that we can do” about the federal government’s aggressive tactics, House Speaker Chris Welch, D-Hillside, said in an interview with Capitol News Illinois. “We are going to be having some conversations here in the next couple of days to see if there are some things in the veto session that we can get done.”

The General Assembly convenes for the annual fall veto session for three days this week followed by another three days on Oct. 28-30. Lawmakers’ to-do list was already hefty with several issues, i

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