Sacramento, California (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws on Friday Apart from $ 50 million To help the State protect its policy against challenges by defending Trump government and immigrants in the midst of the president’s mass deportation plans.
One of the laws assigns $ 25 million to the Ministry of Justice to combat legal fighting against the federal government, and another move $ 25 million aside for legal groups to defend immigrants who are confronted with possible deportation. During his first presidency, Trump struggled with California about climate laws, water policy, immigrant rights and more, and the state has more than submitted or joined 100 Legal Actions Against the administration. The same fighting is back on their way in the early days of Trump’s second term.
“Californians are threatened by a administration that did not care that do not care and thinks there are no limits to his power,” said speaker Robert Rivas, earlier this week, speaker Robert Rivas. “That is why we deliver legislation that will allocate resources to defend Californians against this urgent threat.”
The move came a day after the Democratic Governor returned from Washington, where he met Trump and members of the congress to try to protect Federal disaster help For the devastating Los Angeles-area forest fires That tore through neighborhoods in January and killed more than two dozen people.
Newsom signed one $ 2.5 billion package for fire lighting Last month in the law to help finance the disaster response of the state, including evacuations, protecting survivors and removing dangerous waste from households. His administration has said they expect the federal government to reimburse the state.
Republican legislators have criticized the financing for lawsuits and say that the focus on Trump distracts when the area in Los Angeles is recovering from the fires.
“This slush fund is not about solving real problems – it is a political stunt designed to derive from the urgent issues that our state is confronted with and it will not predict well for fire brigade victims,” said Brian Jones, The Republican minority leader of the Senate, in a statement earlier this week.
Critics have also said that the legislation does not ensure that financing would not be used to defend immigrants without legal status convicted of serious crimes.
After signing the financing in the law, Newsom said that the money was not intended to be used for that purpose, and he encouraged legislators to adopt subsequent legislation if he clarifies that this is necessary. He said in a statement that financing will help legal groups to protect the civil rights of the most vulnerable inhabitants of California. “
New announced the plan To protect the state of the state days after the election of Trump in November. He raised the legislative power in a special session to take the bills.
The state is used to bringing the federal government to Trump actions.
California The administration of the Republican president complained More than 120 times during his first term, according to the office of the attorney general. The State spent around $ 42 million generally on legal fights against the federal government, ranging from around $ 2 million to almost $ 13 million a year.
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