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Washington State Launchews Lawsuit Against Trump Travel Ban
Topic Started: Jan 30 2017, 02:43 PM (9 Views)
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(The Guardian) Washington state launches lawsuit against Trump travel ban

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--The Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, announced on Monday his state was launching a legal challenge against Trump’s travel ban executive order, the first state to do so.

“The judicial system is adept at protecting the constitution. President Trump may have his alternative facts, but alternative facts do not work in a courtroom,” said Inslee, as he announced the lawsuit with state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, in a press conference shown on Facebook live.

“This is real hope that this outrage will not stand... we’ve already seen the president retreat on the green-card holder issue... This is not over, people need to have hope,” he said.

Inslee noted that since September 11, 2001 there have been 700,000 refugees admitted to the Untied States, there was not one single fatality from a crime by a refugee from any of the seven Muslim-majority countries as part of the ban.

“That is a fact. And facts tend to become somewhat relevant in a courtroom, even if they aren’t in reality TV,” said Inslee.

He said the classification of banning immigrants based their country of citizenship goes against state statures to stop discrimination based on place of birth or nationality.

When asked about Trump’s power to make immigration decisions in his role as president, Ferguson said: “I understand that is their argument. But those powers are not without limit... we are confident that our lawsuit exposes those limits and makes it clear he is acting beyond those limits”.
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