Attorneys General Challenge Restrictions on SNAP Benefits for Immigrants
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit, said that the Trump administration and Department of Agriculture are clearly circumventing the law.
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Idaho Patients Sue Over Medicaid Mental Health Cuts
“Acting under color of state law, the government-official defendants either have directed or authorized the State’s contractor to make devastating changes to the administration of the … program,” the lawsuit claims.
Lawsuit Claims Immigrants Amassing Millions in Overstay Fines
Earlier this year, Nancy M. received a notice stating that she owes the federal government about $1.8 million in overstay-related fines.
CAIR Files Lawsuit After Texas Gov. Abbott Declares It A Terror Outfit
“The idea that Governor Abbott’s going to claim that CAIR — an American Muslim civil rights group — is somehow a foreign terrorist group, it’s patently ludicrous,” Mitchell said on Thursday. “And it’s the clearest example of bigotry that you call a Muslim that you disagree with a terrorist.”
Lawsuit: Former FBI Agent Fired Over LGBT Pride Flag
The lawsuit says that the rainbow flag Maltinsky had displayed at his desk in Los Angeles had been presented to him after being displayed outside of the Bureau’s federal office complex.
Texas AG Sues State Agency for Suppressing Religious Speech
“This amounts to a wholesale exclusion of certain people—no matter how needy—from state benefits under the program based solely on the religious character of their course of study,” the lawsuit claims. “Banning religious instruction, worship, and proselytization directly burdens religious expression and conditions the receipt of State benefits on nonreligious use.”
Trump Administration Joins Lawsuit Against California Redistricting Plan
“These losers lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court,” said Brandon Richards, a spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
National Council of Jewish Women Challenges Trump Admin.’s Voter Registration Rules
The Council alleges that the administration’s new policy will make it more difficult for thousands of naturalized citizens to register to vote immediately upon obtaining citizenship.
Texas NGO Files Lawsuit Following “Retaliatory” Attorney General Probe
“Here, the State provides very few particularized factual allegations in its Petition to support its Motion for Leave, instead relying upon sweeping but unsupported claims about Jolt’s motives, beliefs and activities,” Jolt said.
Indiana AG Sues State’s Biggest School District Over Immigration Policies
“Sanctuary policies are bad in any context, but they are especially troubling in our schools,” Rokita said in a statement, claiming that schools are unusually “vulnerable to infiltration by criminal illegal aliens.”