18 Attorneys General File Multi-State Suit Against Trump Administration Family Separation Policy

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. The multi-state lawsuit was filed by a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

"The federal government's horrendous treatment of immigrant families arriving at our border is unconstitutional and in direct opposition to everything this state and this nation stand for," Governor Cuomo said. "In New York, we will challenge this policy every step of the way. It's time for this country to look in the mirror and remember who we are and what we are about. We must protect immigrant children and defend our principles, our rights, and our basic humanity."

"Keeping children separated from their parents is inhumane, unconscionable, and illegal - and we're filing suit to stop it," said Attorney General Underwood. "By tearing children away from their parents and sending them hundreds of miles away, the Trump administration has already caused unfathomable trauma to these children, while undermining New York's fundamental interests in protecting their health, safety, and wellbeing. This is not who we are as a country, and we won't stand by as the Trump administration undermines the Constitution and our rights."

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Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo