Washington state’s attorney general says he is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, becoming the first state attorney general to announce a legal action against the Trump administration over one of its policies.
Trump signed an executive order Friday that suspends all immigration for citizens of the seven countries for 90 days.
Ferguson was one of 16 state attorneys general who released a statement Sunday calling Trump’s immigration action “un-American and unlawful.”
Trump’s order sparked large protests around the country over the weekend.
Trump has repeatedly said that the move is aimed at protecting the nation against extremists looking to attack Americans and American interests.
(AP)
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Bring. It. On.
All legal, constitutional, and with precedent.
Oh come on, Mr Obama did the same thing and the press didn’t think it was important enough to report!
#2 He didn’t do the same thing. It IS Obama’s law in the first place.
Under the Act signed in Dec 2015, travelers in the following categories are no longer eligible to travel or be admitted to the United States under the Visa Waver Program (VWP):
Nationals of VWP countries who have been present in Iraq, Syria, or countries listed under specified designation lists (currently including Iran and Sudan) at any time on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited government/military exceptions).
Nationals of VWP countries who have been present in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, at any time on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited government/military exceptions).