“There’s no legal basis for this money to be withheld,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said. “It’s harmful, it threatens our health. And that’s why we’re going to court really quickly to make sure that we’re getting these funds and this administration has to follow the law.”
“Our plaintiffs were treated as less than human because ICE and their willing partners think they can disregard fundamental rights if it gets them immigration arrests,” said Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, the ACLU’s deputy director of policing.
“Gov. DeSantis exceeded his constitutional authority by usurping a core legislative responsibility in service of his desire to enact a mid-decade gerrymander,” said National Redistricting Foundation executive director Marina Jenkins.
“Today, I did something that would have been inconceivable a year ago—I’ve sued Texas A&M to hold it accountable for violations of my Constitutional rights to free speech and due process of law,” McCoul said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
Rufe, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, also criticized the government for even raising such an argument, saying that the Justice Department and its attorneys should know better than to ignore history.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit demanding that the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce exclude undocumented immigrants from the results of the 2020 census. According to St. Louis Public Radio, the lawsuit was announced by Hanaway’s office on Friday. In a press release, the attorney general said that he
“As you know the right to due process and the right to counsel are foundational constitutional guarantees enshrined in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments,” the senators wrote. “ICE and all other federal law enforcement agencies are required to honor these constitutional rights, regardless of a person’s immigration status.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska notes that Chang has lived in the United States for more than two decades. His first, and only, encounter with federal immigration enforcement happened late last year in Des Moines, Iowa. Chang was taken into custody, where he has remained ever since.
The lawsuit notes that Ethiopia remains in crisis, with the country’s miliary engaging in regular firefights with forces from neighboring Eritrea. The conflict, which centers on the Tigray region, has left thousands of people dead and millions displaced. Nevertheless, the Department of Homeland Security terminated TPS with just 60 days’ notice. This decision, attorneys say, was motivated by an unconstitutional animus against non-white immigrants.
“In essence,” Trump claims, “JPMC debanked plaintiffs’ accounts because it believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so.”