In the USA, 20 states filed a lawsuit against Trump administration for immigrant policy – Cyprus Newspaper
In the United States, 20 states filed two separate lawsuits against President Donald Trump administration for their moves and threats within the scope of immigrant policies.
According to the New York Times (NYT) newspaper, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Mainine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and The Chief Public Prosecutors of the 20 states, including Wisconsin, applied to the judiciary on the threat of cutting billions of dollars of federal funds allocated to the states if the Trump administration did not comply with immigration practices.
In the petition of the lawsuits filed in the Federal Regional Court in Rhode Island, the Chief Public Prosecutor claimed that these threats to cut the federal funds allocated for transport, fight against terrorism and emergency preparations were “illegal” and claimed that these practices were a kind of “hostage plan”.
The Chief Public Prosecutors, the majority of the democrats, argued that the administration öylemek ignoring the authority of the Congress ”uses this power“ to force the states to adopt their own policies ”.
California Chief Public Prosecutor Rob Bonda, who pioneered the lawsuits targeting the Federal Emergency Management Institution (FEMA), the Ministry of Interior Security and the Ministry of Transport, said in a statement that Trump uses vital funds as a “bargaining trump card”.
In April, the US administration announced that the funds provided to the states that do not cooperate with immigration authorities would be cut.
– Trump administration’s policies for immigrants
Trump said that after the oath ceremony on January 20, the regulation that provides automatic citizenship to immigrant children born in the US would be abolished and the 14th additional article of the Constitution, which recognizes this right, should be reinterpreted.
Trump said that he would finish the irregular immigration flow at the border with harsh measures and announced that the application called “CBP One olan, which allows the country to migrate legally, has been abolished.
President Trump signed a new presidential decree in order to increase security measures on the US-Mexican border and the decision to send 1500 troops to the border.