But six Teller County residents in conjunction with the ACLU of Colorado say that’s a violation of state law and the Colorado Constitution. The ACLU filed a lawsuit Thursday in Teller County District Court, asking a judge to stop the county from enacting an agreement, known as the 287(g), with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal regulations say the agreements must be consistent with …
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed a lawsuit Thursday over the “red flag” gun law, arguing that the House Democrats violated the legislative process. Head of the gun rights group Dudley Brown and several House Republicans say Democrats who control the House did not fulfill a Republican request to read the bill out loud in full in an intelligible way.“In this case, Democrats didn’t see that they were violating the Constitution to pass a bill to violate the Constitution. And now they’re going to see it,” Brown said. Other lawsuits could be aimed at the substance of the law and efforts to recall legislators who supported it are in the works, he said.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Sunday the city would sue the administration of President Donald Trump in the wake of threats to withhold millions of dollars in federal grants from so-called sanctuary cities. Iowa City has signed onto a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department in a fight over federal grant funding for cities that limit local law enforcement’s role in immigration enforcement. The suit, brought by the city of Chicago, is seeking an injunction barring …
Fort Worth could be the latest city to join a lawsuit against the state’s so-called “Sanctuary Cities Ban”, which takes effect Sept. 1. The City Council will discuss the matter during their meeting Tuesday night. Also known as Senate Bill 4, the law requires local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and bars cities and counties from adopting policies that prevent …
The same day Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a law suit requesting it be declared constitutional. SB4 bans sanctuary cities in the state of Texas. It requires all Texas law enforcement agencies to hold arrested persons until their immigration status is checked with ICE.
Texas lodged a preemptive lawsuit Monday against local officials considered hostile to the state’s new anti-sanctuary cities law, the first salvo in an expected legal fight over the controversial measure. State Attorney General Ken Paxton said the federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, is necessary to protect the law from challenges by liberal …
Controversial new rules that effectively ban homesharing services in Miami are being challenged in court by Airbnb and five city residents who say their fundamental rights have been violated. The lawsuit, filed Friday, is a response to Miami’s crackdown on Airbnb and the city’s decision to target enforcement actions against residents who spoke out against the new rules at a public hearing last …
The city of Oakland this week joined dozens of other cities and counties around the country in filing a “friend of the court” brief supporting a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to deny federal funds to sanctuary cities. On Wednesday, 34 cities and counties, including Oakland, New Orleans, Chicago, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, filed the brief in …
Is it possible to arrest an unarmed homeless person without destroying the residence he’s hiding in? To the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department and Clovis PD (and far too many other law enforcement agencies), the question remains rhetorical. David Jessen’s farmhouse felt the full, combined force of two law enforcement agencies and all their toys last June.
A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a class action lawsuit settlement that would ban the San Juan County Detention Center from cooperating with federal authorities on immigration holds. The Friday decision came as the Trump administration publicly shamed counties and cities that don’t cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The settlement is a result …