It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, signed the temporary restraining order on Thursday to block Trump’s action. Coughenour’s decision just days after a number of states, including New Jersey, sued the Trump administration over the move.
The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.
Presidents Clinton, Biden issued orders aiming to correct environmental injustice. On Monday, President Trump issued orders revoking those efforts.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order denying US citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
His ‘weaponization’ executive order begins with a list of misleading accusations against the Biden administration.
The lawsuit filed in Seattle has been progressing the fastest of the five cases brought over the executive order.
The judge, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, dealt the first legal setback to the hardline policies on immigration that are a centerpiece of Trump's second term as president.
The New Mexico Department of Justice is challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. The president issued the order on Monday
Measure directs Justice Department to not enforce the law for 75 days while administration determines “the appropriate course forward.”