N.J. AG joins 19 states in suing Trump over his threats to withhold federal funds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Noem and Duffy have made it clear that state and local governments must assist in federal immigration enforcement as a condition of obtaining federal funds for critical projects, Platkin said in a statement.
47% : The action came less than 24 hours after Trump signed an executive order to eliminate what is called birthright citizenship.
41% : Platkin, along with attorneys general from Rhode Island, California , and Illinois announced during a Tuesday press conference that they and a coalition of attorneys general filed two lawsuits: one against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
41% : States have sued over the president's tariffs, saying they will raise prices and cost jobs.
33% : Attorneys general in Democratic-led states have fought Trump on a number of fronts, including their effort this month to stop mass firings at agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.
32% : And last week, 15 state attorneys general sued Trump to block his actions around what he calls a national energy emergency, but what states say is an illegal effort to speed permitting for oil and gas development, Reuters reported.
31% : New Jersey already cooperates with ICE on apprehending undocumented violent criminals, said Platkin, but Trump's administration wants to compel state and local agencies to aid in enforcement that is not beneficial to the state's residents.

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