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Washington State Urges Court to Uphold Orders Blocking Trump Administration’s Attack on USRAP Refugees

SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pacito v. Trump, supporting a challenge to Executive Order 14163, which indefinitely suspended the entry of refugees through the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program (USRAP) and effectively dismantled USRAP’s infrastructure by terminating agreements and funding for resettlement agencies.

Attorney General Brown Joins Bipartisan Letter to Congress Opposing Budget Amendment Prohibiting States from Enforcing Artificial Intelligence Regulations

SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today joined Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, and Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and 35 other state attorneys general in a bipartisan letter to Congress voicing opposition to a sweeping and dangerous U.S.

Washington state joins coalition suing Trump administration over illegal conditions placed on billions in federal funding

SEATTLE — Today Washington state and 19 other attorneys general filed two separate lawsuits against the Trump administration for threatening to withhold federal funding to states that do not assist the federal government’s immigration enforcement.

Washington and California lead coalition of states to challenge Trump’s fake “energy emergency”

SEATTLE — Washington state filed suit today alongside 14 other states to challenge the president’s fake “energy emergency,” declared to line the pockets of Big Oil by handing out free passes to pollute our environment.

On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency” under the National Emergencies Act. Congress passed the National Emergencies Act to prevent presidents from declaring national emergencies for frivolous or partisan matters — exactly what the president has done here.

AG Brown co-leads states suing to stop illegal termination of federal electric vehicle infrastructure funding

SEATTLE — Washington is co-leading a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from illegally terminating billions in congressionally approved funding for electric vehicle infrastructure – including a combined $1 billion in the plaintiff states, Attorney General Nick Brown announced today. Unless the courts check the president’s overreach, Washington stands to lose over $71 million in electric vehicle infrastructure funding.

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