The White House has ignored democratic norms in the implementation of its Muslim-focused immigration ban, including ignoring federal court orders and instructing federal agencies, such as U.S. Customs, not to speak with members of Congress.
Attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia on Sunday condemned the executive order hastily signed by President Donald Trump late Friday, calling it “unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful.”
“As the chief legal officers for over 130 million Americans and foreign residents of our states, we will work together to ensure the federal government obeys the Constitution, respects our history as a nation of immigrants, and does not unlawfully target anyone because of their national origin or faith,” the 16 attorneys general said. “Religious liberty has been, and always will be, a bedrock principle of our country and no president can change that truth.”
