New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. (photo: AP)
07 September 17
ifteen states and DC have launched a legal challenge against President Trump’s decision to end
the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A coalition of
attorney generals representing Democratic-leaning states filed the
lawsuit in New York’s Eastern District on Wednesday.
The 58-page complaint argues that Trump’s repeal of
DACA is not only unconstitutional, but also entrenched in discrimination
and racism (what gave that away?). Citing Trump’s habitual denigration of anyone who doesn’t look like him, particularly his disturbing characterization of all Mexicans as “rapists,” the lawsuit openly criticizes Trump’s race-baiting as a political ploy.
“The president has demonstrated a willingness to
disparage Mexicans in a misguided attempt to secure support from his
constituency, even when such impulses are impermissible motives for
directing government policy,” the lawsuit claims. USA Today also noted that the lawsuit alleges a rescission of DACA would disrupt local economies, education, and health care systems.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has
led previous legal campaigns against the Trump administration, announced
the lawsuit at a rally in New York. Schneiderman described
DACA’s repeal as “cruel, shortsighted, inhumane, and politically
devastating” before vowing to protect the state’s some 42,000 DACA
recipients.
Part of the lawsuit takes aim
at the Trump administration’s access to the personal information of
nearly 700,000 people who signed up for the program and who now fear their information will be used to deport them or their families without due process.
North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Delaware, DC,
Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, joined New York in filing the
lawsuit.
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