SEATTLE — Washington state’s attorney general said Monday he is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Bob Ferguson became the first state attorney general to announce a legal action against the Trump administration over one of its policies.<\/p>\n
Trump signed an executive order Friday that suspends all immigration for citizens of the seven countries for 90 days.<\/p>\n
Ferguson was one of 16 state attorneys general who released a statement Sunday calling Trump’s immigration action “un-American and unlawful.”<\/p>\n
Trump’s order sparked large protests around the country over the weekend, including one that drew 3,000 people to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly said that the move is aimed at protecting the nation against extremists looking to attack Americans and American interests.<\/p>\n
Ferguson said the lawsuit against Trump and high-ranking Trump administration officials would be filed later Monday in federal court in Seattle.<\/p>\n
He said it would seek to have key provisions of the executive order declared unconstitutional. The lawsuit also seeks a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the executive order.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had folks in our office working all weekend on a legal action,” said Ferguson, who was joined at a news conference by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.<\/p>\n
“This is un-American, it is wrong, and it will not stand,” Inslee said. “The clear intent of this executive order is to discriminate against one faith amongst all God’s children.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson said he has been in contact with other attorneys general but that at this point Washington state was acting on its own regarding the legal action.<\/p>\n
The Port of Seattle said over the weekend that people who were detained at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as a result of Trump’s order have been released.<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that two individuals were released. One is a citizen of Sudan and the other a citizen of Yemen, both countries named in Trump’s order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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