Seattle judge to hear case against Trump's refugee executive order

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Seattle judge to hear case against Trump's refugee executive order

Nine individuals and three refugee aid nonprofits are suing to block Trump's Executive Order 14163, which suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions program.

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Lawsuit targeting Trump’s refugee ban to go before federal judge in Seattle

A legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing refugee arrivals and funding is scheduled for a hearing before U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Tuesday. Individual plaintiffs along with three nonprofits serving refugees are asking the court to put the order on hold while the case proceeds.

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Somerville, Chelsea file lawsuit against Trump Administration over immigration policy

City leaders in Somerville and Chelsea announced Monday that the two cities have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities. Somerville and Chelsea are both sanctuary cities — a status that the local leaders say encourages victims and witnesses of crime to work with police without worrying about their immigration status. Sanctuary cities have become a target for the Trump administ…

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Somerville and Chelsea file lawsuit to protect sanctuary cities

~Photo courtesy of # RESIST, art exhibit held at the Nave Gallery in 2017. Two sanctuary cities in Massachusetts—Chelsea and Somerville—filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to coerce them into participating in mass deportation efforts. Represented by Lawyers for Civil Rights, the Cities assert that the Administration’s heavy-handed tactics—threatening to strip sanctuary cities of federal funding and prosec…

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Chelsea, Somerville sue feds over possible cutoff of all federal aid to sanctuary cities

The cities of Chelsea and Somerville today filed suit against what they call an unconstitutional federal policy to cut off all aid to cities where police refuse to participate in raids to round up immigrants regardless of whether they face criminal charges.

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The cities of Chelsea and Somerville, in Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit against the government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, which seeks to curb their pressure to collaborate in mass deportation operations. Represented by Lawyers for Civil Rights, the cities argue that the Administration's threats, including the suspension of federal funds and possible legal sanctions, violate their constitutional rights. Somervill…