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  • AG Racine Leads 19-State Coalition Opposing Trump Effort To Limit Asylum For Immigrants Of Color

    03/10/2020 12:49:37 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 32 replies
    oag.dc.gov ^ | oag.dc.gov
      March 6, 2020 DHS and DOJ Rule Forces Asylum-Seekers to Seek Refuge in Countries with High Levels of Violence and Ill-Equipped to Protect Them from Persecution WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a 19-state coalition challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine asylum protections. Under an interim final rule, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are requiring asylum-seekers to undergo a “threshold screening” before determining if they can seek asylum in the United States. In a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the plaintiffs in U.T. v. Barr, the State Attorneys General argue that this...
  • AG Racine Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Attack on Health Care Access and Reproductive Rights [District of Columbia]

    02/22/2020 9:21:57 AM PST · by ransomnote · 4 replies
    /oag.dc.gov ^ | January 30, 2020 | Karl A. Racine Attorney General of D.C.
     New HHS Rule Threatens Abortion Coverage Provided by ACA Insurance Plans to 20K+ DC Residents WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined six other Attorneys General in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from threatening access to safe and legal abortion care for individuals who purchase health insurance through state health care exchanges. This coalition, led by California and New York, is challenging a new rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which unlawfully reinterprets part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new rule imposes expensive and confusing billing requirements...