Pending legal challenge to tRump’s E.O. 13888
January 6th, 2020
There’s quite a discussion here in Red Wing about Goodhue County’s upcoming decision whether the County will continue to allow refugee resettlement in the County. This decision is necessary due to Trump’s issuance of Executive Order 13888, which prohibits resettlement of refugees unless the Governor of the state and the head of the local governmental unit have consented in advance to refugee settlement.
That means that for refugees to be able to settle somewhere, there must be an affirmative YES! to allow settlement. Minnesota’s Gov. Walz has given his consent and has welcomed refugees to Minnesota:
Governor Walz to Trump Administration: ‘The Inn is Not Full in Minnesota’
In Minnesota, that means that local governments now also must consent to be able to settle refugees in the area. County by County, here are the numbers for Minnesota counties that admitted any refugees, ones not listed, such as Goodhue County, admitted ZERO. NONE! NADA!
Goodhue County will be discussing this in a Committee of the Whole meeting tomorrow, here’s my post on that:
Refugee Resettlement in Goodhue County
In the meantime, there a federal case working its way through Maryland Southern District — keep in mind that the tRump administration is not doing well in federal challenges of its immigration Executive Orders, tRump has lost most, if not all of them (so many, it’s hard to keep track!). Here’s the Complaint and Amici filings available online:
12-13-2019_Amicus_BRIEF OF THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Download
BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION -Motion-for-Leave-to-FileDownload
This is everything I can find, and I need to call PACER to get into my account (new computer, AAAAAAAAAARGH!) and look at the filings in the docket, so there may be more. I can’t find the Administration’s Answer, which should have been filed in December. I’ll be digging for that and more when I can get into the court’s docket file.
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