California is ready to take on the Justice Department.
That’s according to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, who was responding to a lawsuit against the state brought by Attorney General Jeff Sessions over immigration laws.
“I find it very disingenuous that you have people that for generations talk about state rights and all of a sudden their talking about federal supremacy,” he said in a Cheddar interview Wednesday.
The Justice Department and immigration agencies this week sued California over its “sanctuary” laws, which prohibit local and state authorities, as well as private employers, from cooperating with federal immigration officers.
Sessions, who filed the suit Wednesday, said California’s policy threatens national safety.
Gascón, though, said the state doesn’t prevent immigration officials from going into California and doing their jobs. It’s simply not actively cooperating. He argued that immigrants are important to California’s social fabric and provide a “major economic engine.”
“I think that this is an administration that is failing on so many fronts, and what they’re trying to do is create another diversion,” he told Cheddar. “All of this is really a political stunt that is driven by very racist attitude and has nothing to do with public safety.”
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/inside-the-sanctuary-city-legal-battle).
House Democrats are to carry the sole impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump of “incitement of insurrection ” across the Capitol.
Coronavirus deaths and cases in the U.S. have dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels.
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order revoking a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
With millions of Americans waiting for their chance to get the coronavirus vaccine, a fortunate few are getting bumped to the front of the line as clinics scramble to get rid of extra, perishable doses at the end of the day.
An improved economy overall would mean an uptick in mortgage rates, and with Biden committed to a $1.9 trillion stimulus package and a more robust coronavirus response, that's exactly what mortgage experts are anticipating.
The Supreme Court has brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off of his presidency.
President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat from California, praised President Biden's pic for heading the Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin.
Tom Price, former secretary of Health and Human Services under President Trump, talked to Cheddar about the new administration's plans for taking on COVID-19.
