MANHATTAN (PIX11) -- The New York Civil Liberties Union is slamming the U.S. Department of Justice for its lawsuit against New York’s Protect Our Courts Act.
“The Trump administration’s attack on the Protect Our Courts Act is a blatant assault on justice that would turn New York’s courthouses into traps," Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. "Our legal system cannot function when people are too scared to step through courthouse doors. Without the Protect Our Courts Act, immigrant New Yorkers may not defend themselves against charges, avoid seeking protective orders, miss custody hearings, and stop fighting unlawful wage theft or eviction. No one is better off when justice is denied."
New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, who sponsored the Protect Our Courts Act, told PIX 11 News "This lawsuit is a shameful display of federal overreach and political cruelty. They're using taxpayer dollars to uphold a law that upholds due process and the human rights of people and I think its really despicable."
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said, “Lawless sanctuary city policies are the root cause of the violence that Americans have seen in California, and New York State is similarly employing sanctuary city policies to prevent illegal aliens from apprehension." Bondi added, “This latest lawsuit in a series of sanctuary city litigation underscores the Department of Justice’s commitment to keeping Americans safe and aggressively enforcing the law.”
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