SACRAMENTO, California — California Attorney General Rob Bonta assailed the Trump administration’s edict to halt federal funding as imprecise and frustratingly vague on Tuesday. But among the dozens of programs that could be cut, the state’s top law enforcement official pointed to one with certainty: money to help fire-scorched Los Angeles rebuild.
The president cannot eliminate fundamental rights by executive order, nor can he order federal agencies to violate the law,” California’s attorney general said in a statement.
The lawsuit: Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Bonta said at a Tuesday news conference. He called Trump’s executive order “blatantly unconstitutional” and “unAmerican,” adding, “I’ll see you in court.”
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials respond.
As L.A. and Gov. Newsom await a presidential visit due to the fires, A.G. Rob Bonta files a lawsuit challenging Trump's birthright executive order
Illinois was one of 22 Democratic-led states that filed suit Tuesday asking a federal court to block the sudden pause on funding, which was announced Monday evening. The freeze threatened to hold up trillions of dollars in funding for basic government functions like health care,
Scrambling to respond to the Trump administration’s late Monday night directive to pause a wide, but as-yet-unspecified, swath of federal spending programs, California’s Democratic elected officials a
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is joining 12 other AGs across the country in condemning President Donald Trump’s push against initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. In a joint statement issued on Friday,
Bonta, a Democrat, said he would defend birthright ... ending the right to citizenship for some children born in America. President Donald Trump holds up the letter that former President Joe ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday condemned a memo ... He has already joined a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship and has pledged ...