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Friday, March 6, 2020 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in U.T. v. Barr, who are challenging the Trump Administration’s actions to undermine asylum protections. Under an interim final rule, the Trump Administration is effectively ignoring asylum claims by sending people, many of whom are fleeing violence and persecution, to third countries that have signed asylum cooperative agreements with the federal government. In addition to harming asylum-seekers, the rule deprives states of the valuable...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) is one of the people pushing to keep "high capacity" magazines, anything that holds over 10 rounds, illegal in the Golden State. For one week, Californians had the opportunity to get their hands on these magazines because of a court ruling that overturned the state's ban. One week later, the same judge issued a stay , which meant the ban went back into effect while the lawsuit, Duncan v. Becerra, was settled in court. Any magazines obtained during that week-long period were legal. Although it's impossible to know exactly how many "high capacity" magazines...