Judicial Watch sues to stop California's illegal immigrant stimulus program
Posted on AllSides May 5th, 2020
From The Right
Judicial Watch announced a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at stopping California’s illegal immigrant stimulus program, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to give out $75 million in taxpayers’ money to help those in the country illegally survive the coronavirus crisis is illegal.
The conservative legal firm says federal law limits how illegal immigrants are able to obtain benefits — and specifically says that they must come through “enactment of a state law.”
In this case, Judicial Watch says, Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, is acting on his own without explicit permission from the...
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