{"id":92013,"date":"2017-09-20T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/california-suing-trump-over-border-wall-escalating-battle-with-white-house.html"},"modified":"2017-09-20T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:42:16","slug":"california-suing-trump-over-border-wall-escalating-battle-with-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/california-suing-trump-over-border-wall-escalating-battle-with-white-house.html","title":{"rendered":"California suing Trump over border wall, escalating battle with White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The politics of California’s anti-Trump legislation<\/a><\/h4>\n

Bills passed on immigration, tax returns and censuring; reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ All-Star panel<\/p>\n

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra plans to announce Wednesday that the state will sue the Trump administration over one of President Trump\u2019s paramount campaign promises\u2014the border wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Becerra\u2019s lawsuit, expected to target planned projects in San Diego and Imperial counties, marks the latest shot in California’s legal and legislative war against Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The state essentially has emerged as the heart of the Trump “resistance,” pumping out lawsuits against his immigration policies and even passing a resolution Friday in the Assembly censuring Trump for his comments on the violence stemming from white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Va.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The forthcoming lawsuit comes as Trump works with Congress to try and secure funding for a border wall — though the specifics of the project itself remain unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president issued an executive order in January calling for securing the \u201csouthern border of the United States through the immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border, monitored and supported by adequate personnel so as to prevent illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking and acts of terrorism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

SESSIONS BLASTS CALIF. FOR SANCTUARY STATE BILL<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Last month, the administration awarded contracts to four companies to begin construction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president tweeted last week that \u201cthe WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, flanked by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders underscored the president\u2019s commitment to the border wall earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the president has been shy about the fact that he wants a wall,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly something he feels is an important part of a responsible immigration package.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Becerra’s first lawsuit against the Trump administration. Just last week, Becerra joined state attorneys general from Minnesota, Maryland and Maine in filing suit against the administration over its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, arguing that the White House violated the Constitution and federal laws by rescinding the Obama-era program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not permit Donald Trump to destroy the lives of young immigrants who make California and our country stronger,\u201d Becerra said in a statement last week. \u201cThe court of public opinion has already spoken: the vast majority of Americans agree Dreamers should be here to stay; so now it\u2019s time to fight in every way we can — and on multiple fronts — in the court of law.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Trump has put the onus on Congress to draft legislation that would protect \u2018Dreamers,\u2019 even meeting with Democratic congressional leadership last week to discuss a path forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

California has been firmly against most Trump administration immigration policies. The state\u2019s legislature also passed a sanctuary state measure over the weekend and is awaiting approval by Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown that would bolster protections for illegal immigrants in the state\u2014a move Attorney General Jeff Sessions called \u201cunconscionable\u201d on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill risks the safety of good law enforcement officers and the safety of the neighborhoods that need their protection the most,\u201d Sessions said during a speech in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. \u201cThere are lives and livelihoods at stake.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sessions urged Brown not to sign the law that would halt local police from cooperating with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has faced significant roadblocks in efforts to crack down on jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration agents. Last week, a federal judge in Chicago ruled that Sessions could not withhold public grant money from sanctuary cities for refusing to follow federal immigration law\u2014an option the attorney general has used to threaten states and localities who call themselves \u2018sanctuaries.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strive to help state and local law enforcement,\u201d Sessions said. \u201cBut we cannot continue giving such federal grants to cities that actively undermine the safety of federal law officers and actively frustrate efforts to reduce crime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Alex Pappas and the Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Brooke Singman is a Politics Reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @brookefoxnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The politics of California’s anti-Trump legislation Bills passed on immigration, tax returns and censuring; reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ All-Star panel California Attorney General Xavier Becerra plans to announce Wednesday that the state will sue the Trump administration over one of President Trump\u2019s paramount campaign promises\u2014the border wall.\u00a0 Becerra\u2019s lawsuit, expected to target […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-92013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}